/*
* This file is part of rasdaman community.
*
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
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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: set.hh
 *
 * MODULE:  rasodmg
 * CLASS:   r_Set
 *
 * COMMENTS:
 *		None
*/

#ifndef _D_SET_
#define _D_SET_

#include "rasodmg/collection.hh"

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

/*@Doc:

  The class implements a set container. It inherits most of the
  functionality from {\tt r_Collection}. The set can not have
  any duplicates and it is not ordered.
  
*/

/**
  * \ingroup Rasodmgs
  */
template <class T>
class r_Set : public r_Collection<T>
{
  public:
    /// default constructor
    r_Set() throw(r_Error);
    /// copy constructor
    r_Set( const r_Set<T>& set ) throw(r_Error);
    /// virtual destructor
    virtual ~r_Set();
    
    /// inserts an element at the beginning (no duplicates)
    virtual void insert_element( const T& element, int no_modification = 0 );
    /**
      The method inserts an element into the collection. If {\tt no_modification}
      is set, the {\tt mark_modified()} method of r_Object is not invoked and, therefore,
      a modification will not be recognized at the commit point.
    */

};

#ifdef EARLY_TEMPLATE
#ifdef __EXECUTABLE__
#ifdef __VISUALC__
#include "rasodmg/set.cpp"
#else
#include "rasodmg/set.cc"
#endif
#endif 
#endif

#endif