/* -*- C++ -*- */
/*
 *   Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
// (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2005 All Rights Reserved
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 * @author Adrian Dick (adrian.dick@uk.ibm.com)
 *
 */

#if !defined(_ENTITY_HPP____OF_AXIS_INCLUDED_)
#define _ENTITY_HPP____OF_AXIS_INCLUDED_

#include "NCName.hpp"

AXIS_CPP_NAMESPACE_START

using namespace std;

class ENTITY : public NCName {
public:

    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    ENTITY();

    /**
     * Constructor providing a value for later serialization
     * @param value The value to be serialized
     */
    ENTITY(const xsd__ENTITY value);

    /**
     * Destructor
     */
    virtual ~ENTITY() { }   
    
    /**
     * Get the xsd type of this simple type.
     * @return the xsd type of this simple type
     */
    XSDTYPE getType();

    /**
     * Get the deserialized value.
     * @return Deserialized value. Note: it is the responsibility of the calling code to delete this value!
     */
    xsd__ENTITY getENTITY();

    /**
     * Get the deserialized value
     * @return the deserialized value. Note: it is the responsibility of the calling code to delete this value!
     */
    void* getValue();

protected:

    /**
     * Deserialized ENTITY value from it's on-the-wire string form.
     * @param valueAsChar Serialized form of ENTITY value.
     * @return Deserialized ENTITY value. Note: it is the responsibility of the calling code to delete this value!
     */
    xsd__ENTITY deserializeENTITY(const AxisChar* valueAsChar) throw (AxisSoapException);
};

AXIS_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif