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*
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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>.
*/
// -*-C++-*- (for Emacs)

/*************************************************************
 *
 *
 * PURPOSE:
 *   The CompositeType class is the superclass for all for
 *   composite types (e.g. Octet, ULong) describing the type of a 
 *   cell
 *
 *
 * COMMENTS:
 *
 ************************************************************/

#ifndef _COMPOSITETYPE_HH_
#define _COMPOSITETYPE_HH_

#include <iostream>
#include "basetype.hh"

//@ManMemo: Module: {\bf relcatalogif}.

/*@Doc: 
CompositeType is the abstract base class for all structured
\Ref{BaseType} subclasses, at the moment only \Ref{StructType}.
*/

/**
  * \ingroup Relcatalogifs
  */
class CompositeType : public BaseType
{
public:
  virtual unsigned int getSize() const;
		/*@Doc:
  		get size of cells of this base type.
		*/

  CompositeType();
		/*@Doc:
  		constructor.
		*/

  CompositeType(const OId& id) throw (r_Error);
		/*@Doc:
  		constructor.
		*/

  CompositeType(const CompositeType& old);
		/*@Doc:
  		constructor.
		*/

  CompositeType(unsigned int newSize);
		/*@Doc:
  		constructor.
		*/

  virtual ~CompositeType();
		/*@Doc:
		virtual destructor needed because of subclasses
		*/

  CompositeType& operator=(const CompositeType& old);
		/*@Doc:
		*/

protected:
  unsigned int size;
		/*@Doc:
		size of one cell of this base type in number of chars.
		*/

  CompositeType(const char* name, unsigned int newSize);
		/*@Doc:
		*/
};

#endif