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+/*
+* This file is part of rasdaman community.
+*
+* Rasdaman community is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* Rasdaman community is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with rasdaman community.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*
+* Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Peter Baumann /
+rasdaman GmbH.
+*
+* For more information please see <http://www.rasdaman.org>
+* or contact Peter Baumann via <baumann@rasdaman.com>.
+/
+/**
+ * INCLUDE: basetype.hh
+ *
+ * MODULE:  raslib
+ * CLASS:   r_Base_Type
+ *
+ * COMMENTS:
+ *			None
+*/
+
+#ifndef _D_BASETYPE_
+#define _D_BASETYPE_
+
+#include "raslib/type.hh"
+
+
+
+//@ManMemo: Module: {\bf raslib}
+
+/**
+  This class is the superclass of the types r_Structure_Type and r_Primitive_Type in the
+  representation of the RasDaMan type system.
+*/
+ 
+class r_Base_Type : public r_Type
+	{
+	public:
+		/// default constructor.
+		r_Base_Type();
+
+		/// constructor getting name of basetype.
+		r_Base_Type(const char* newTypeName, r_Bytes newSize);
+
+		/// copy constructor
+		r_Base_Type(const r_Base_Type& oldObj);
+
+		/// assignment operator.
+		const r_Base_Type& operator=(const r_Base_Type& oldObj);
+
+		/// destructor.
+		virtual ~r_Base_Type();
+
+		/// check, if type is a base type (primitive type or structure type).
+		virtual bool isBaseType() const;
+
+		/// retrieve size of the type.
+		r_Bytes size() const;
+
+		/// prints value of a primitive type or values of a structured type
+		virtual void print_value(const char* storage, std::ostream& s = std::cout) const = 0;
+
+	protected:
+		/// storing size of type in bytes
+		r_Bytes typeSize;
+
+	};
+
+#endif