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#if !defined(XOBJECT_TYPE_CALLBACK_HEADER_GUARD_1357924680)
#define XOBJECT_TYPE_CALLBACK_HEADER_GUARD_1357924680



// Base header file.  Must be first.
#include <xalanc/XPath/XPathDefinitions.hpp>



// $$$ ToDo: This is necessarh while XalanDOMString is a typedef...
#include <xalanc/XalanDOM/XalanDOMString.hpp>




XALAN_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN



class MutableNodeRefList;
class NodeRefListBase;
class XalanDocumentFragment;
class XObject;
class XPathExecutionContext;



/**
 * The purpose of this class is to provide a way to get the "preferred" or
 * closest matching type for XObject-derived classes.  The idea is to pass a
 * reference to an instance of this class to an XObject instance.  It will
 * then call back to the member function that most closely matches its type.
 * This makes it possible to get preferred typing information without doing
 * RTTI or other such type introspections.
 */
class XALAN_XPATH_EXPORT XObjectTypeCallback
{
public:

    XObjectTypeCallback(XPathExecutionContext&  theExecutionContext);

    virtual
    ~XObjectTypeCallback();

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a numeric value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    Number(const XObject&   theXObject,
           double           theValue) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a boolean value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    Boolean(const XObject&  theXObject,
            bool            theValue) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a string value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    String(const XObject&           theXObject,
           const XalanDOMString&    theValue) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a result tree fragment value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    ResultTreeFragment(const XObject&               theXObject,
                       const XalanDocumentFragment& theValue) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a result tree fragment value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    ResultTreeFragment(const XObject&           theXObject,
                       XalanDocumentFragment&   theValue) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a node set value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    NodeSet(const XObject&          theXObject,
            const NodeRefListBase&  theValue) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with an unknown value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    Unknown(const XObject&          theObject,
            const XalanDOMString&   theName) = 0;

    /**
     * Call back the XObject with a null value.
     *
     * @param theXObject
     * @param theValue
     */
    virtual void
    Null(const XObject&     theObject) = 0;

    XPathExecutionContext&
    getExecutionContext()
    {
        return m_executionContext;
    }

    /*
    MemoryManager&
    getMemoryManager()
    {
        return m_memoryManager;
    }
    */

private:

    XPathExecutionContext&  m_executionContext;
};



XALAN_CPP_NAMESPACE_END



#endif  // XOBJECT_TYPE_CALLBACK_HEADER_GUARD_1357924680
