/*
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*
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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*
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*
* 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