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#ifndef Pegasus_ParamValue_h
#define Pegasus_ParamValue_h

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

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class CIMParamValueRep;

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// CIMParamValue
//
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///
class PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE CIMParamValue
{
public:

    ///
    CIMParamValue();

    ///
    CIMParamValue(const CIMParamValue& x);

    ///
    CIMParamValue& operator=(const CIMParamValue& x);

    ///
    CIMParamValue(
	String parameterName,
	CIMValue value,
	Boolean isTyped=true);

    ///
    ~CIMParamValue();

    ///
    String getParameterName() const;

    ///
    CIMValue getValue() const;

    ///
    Boolean isTyped() const;

    ///
    void setParameterName(String& parameterName);

    ///
    void setValue(CIMValue& value);

    ///
    void setIsTyped(Boolean isTyped);

    ///
    CIMParamValue clone() const;

    /** Determines if the object has not been initialized.
        @return  true if the object has not been initialized,
                 false otherwise.
     */
    Boolean isUninitialized() const;

private:

    CIMParamValue(CIMParamValueRep* rep);

    void _checkRep() const;

    CIMParamValueRep* _rep;

    friend class XmlWriter;
};

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

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_ParamValue_h */
