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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: metaobject.hh
+ *
+ * MODULE:  raslib
+ * CLASS:   r_Meta_Object
+ *
+ * COMMENTS:
+ *
+*/
+
+#ifndef _D_META_OBJECT_
+#define _D_META_OBJECT_
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#ifdef __VISUALC__
+#include <strstrea.h>
+#else
+#include <sstream> // for istrstream
+#endif
+
+#include "raslib/error.hh"
+
+//@ManMemo: Module: {\bf raslib}
+
+/*@Doc:
+  This class the superclass for all classes in the ODMG conformant
+  representation of the RasDaMan type system.
+*/
+ 
+class r_Meta_Object
+{
+public:
+  /// default constructor.
+  r_Meta_Object();
+  /// constructor getting name of type.
+  r_Meta_Object( const char* newTypeName );
+  /// copy constructor
+  r_Meta_Object( const r_Meta_Object& oldObj );
+  /// assignment operator.
+  const r_Meta_Object& operator=( const r_Meta_Object& oldObj );
+  /// destructor.
+  virtual ~r_Meta_Object();
+
+  /// retrieve name of the type.
+  const char* name() const;
+
+  /// writes state of object to specified stream
+  virtual void print_status( std::ostream& s = std::cout ) const = 0;
+
+protected:
+  char* typeName;
+};
+
+#endif