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rasdaman GmbH.
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#ifndef _QTINTERVALDATA_
#define _QTINTERVALDATA_

#include "qlparser/qtdata.hh"

#include "raslib/sinterval.hh"

#ifndef CPPSTDLIB
#include <ospace/string.h> // STL<ToolKit>
#else
#include <string>
#endif

#include <iostream>
// removed deprecated ostrstream -- PB 2005-jan-14
// #include <strstream.h>

//@ManMemo: Module: {\bf qlparser}

/*@Doc:
  The class encapsulates an interval.
*/

class QtIntervalData : public QtData
{
  public:
    /// constructor getting the interval
    QtIntervalData( const r_Sinterval& interval );

    //@Man: Read/Write methods:
    //@{
    ///
      ///
      inline const r_Sinterval& getIntervalData() const;
      /// 
      inline void               setIntervalData( const r_Sinterval& interval );

      /// returns a null-terminated string describing the type structure
      virtual char* getTypeStructure() const;
      /**
        The string pointer has to be free using free() by the caller.
      */

    ///
    //@}

    /// returns {\tt QT_INTERVAL}
    virtual QtDataType getDataType() const;

    /// compares data content
    virtual bool equal( const QtData* obj ) const;

    /// returns content dependent string representation 
    virtual std::string getSpelling() const;

    /// print status of the object to the specified stream
    virtual void printStatus( std::ostream& stream = std::cout ) const;

  private:
    /// prevents from using the default constructor
    QtIntervalData(){};

    ///
    r_Sinterval intervalData;
};

#include "qlparser/qtintervaldata.icc"

#endif