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// Author: Tony Fiorentino (fiorentino_tony@emc.com)
//
// Modified By: Keith Petley (keithp@veritas.com)
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#ifndef Pegasus_Attribute_h
#define Pegasus_Attribute_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMValue.h>
#include <Pegasus/Client/Linkage.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class PEGASUS_CLIENT_LINKAGE Attribute
{
public:

  /** Constructor for a Attribute object.
  */
  Attribute(const String & attrEntry = String::EMPTY);

  /** Destructor for a Attribute object.
  */
  ~Attribute();

  const String & getTag() const;

  /** Returns this attributes value.
       @return ref to  Array <String> that contains the attribute values.
  */
  const Array <String> & getValues() const;

  /** Sets this attributes value.
      @param   add "value" to end of attribute array
  */
  void addValue(const String & value);

private:
  String _tag;
  Array <String> _vals;
};

PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE PEGASUS_STD(ostream)& operator<<(
    PEGASUS_STD(ostream)& os,
    const Attribute& attr);

#define PEGASUS_ARRAY_T Attribute
#include <Pegasus/Common/ArrayInter.h>
#undef PEGASUS_ARRAY_T

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_Attribute_h */
