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#ifndef Pegasus_SSPModule_h
#define Pegasus_SSPModule_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMClass.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMInstance.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/CIMQualifierDecl.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**
     When moving to a newer version of CIM schema, certain DMTF schema changes 
     could make some elements in an old repository incompatible with 
     the new schema.

     In order to import the impacted elements to the new repository, 
     special processing may have to be performed to make them compatible 
     with the newer version of the schema.  

     The special processing is performed in a Schema Special 
     Processsing Module.  A Schema Special Processsing Module will inherit 
     from a SchemaSpecialProcessModule class defined below: 

 */
class SchemaSpecialProcessModule 
{

public:

    /**

        Constructor

    */
    SchemaSpecialProcessModule(){};

    /**

        Destructor

    */
    virtual ~SchemaSpecialProcessModule(){};

    /**

        Perform special processing on a CIMQualifier. This includes verifying 
        whether the qualifier is impacted. If yes, it must be appropriately 
        updated.

         @param       inputQual       the qualifier to be processed. This will 
                                      be provided by the framework.

         @param       outputQual      updated qualifier. 

         @return      true            if the qualifier should be created.

                      false           if the framework should  
                                      ignore the qualifier. 


    */
    virtual Boolean processQualifier (CIMQualifierDecl& inputQual, 
                                      CIMQualifierDecl& outQual) = 0;

    /**

        Perform special processing on a CIMClass. This includes verifying 
        whether the class is impacted. If yes, it must be appropriately updated.

        @param       inputClass       the class to be processed. This will 
                                      be provided by the framework.

        @param       outputClass      updated class. 

        @return      true             if the class should be created.

                     false            if the framework should
                                      ignore the class. 


    */
    virtual Boolean processClass (CIMClass& inputClass,
                                  CIMClass& outputClass) = 0;

    /**

        Perform special processing on a CIMInstance. This includes verifying 
        whether the instance is impacted. If yes, it must be appropriately 
        updated.

        @param       inputInstance   the qualifier to be processed. This will 
                                     be provided by the framework.

        @param       outputInstance  updated instance. 

        @return      true            if the instance should be created.

                     false           if the framework should ignore
                                     instance.

    */
    virtual Boolean processInstance (CIMInstance& inputInstance,
                                     CIMInstance& outputInstance) = 0;

    /**

        Defines the Special Processing Module entry point.

    */
    static const String CREATE_SSPMODULE_ENTRY_POINT;

};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_SSPModule_h */
