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// - XmlRoot.hpp                                                             -
// - afnix:xml module - xml root node class definition                       -
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// - copyright (c) 1999-2008 amaury darsch                                   -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_XMLROOT_HPP
#define  AFNIX_XMLROOT_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_XMLDECL_HPP
#include "XmlDecl.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The XmlRoot class is the top level root instanciated by the xml
  /// reader when starting to parse a stream. There should be only one
  /// root node in a tree. The root node does not have a parent node.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class XmlRoot : public XmlNode {
  public:
    /// create a default root node
    XmlRoot (void);

    /// @return the class name
    String repr (void) const;

    /// @ return a clone of this node
    Object* clone (void) const;

    /// @return the declaration node
    XmlDecl* getdecl (void) const;

    /// remove the declaration node if any
    void deldecl (void);

    /// write a node into a buffer
    /// @param buf the buffer to write
    void write (Buffer& buf) const;
    
    /// write a node into an output stream
    /// @param os the output stream to write
    void write (Output& os) const;

  private:
    // make the copy constructor private
    XmlRoot (const XmlRoot& that);
    // make the assignment operator private
    XmlRoot& operator = (const XmlRoot&);

  public:
    /// create an object in a generic way
    /// @param argv the argument vector
    static Object* mknew (Vector* argv);

    /// @return true if the given quark is defined
    bool isquark (const long quark, const bool hflg) const;
    
    /// apply this object with a set of arguments and a quark
    /// @param robj  the current runnable
    /// @param nset  the current nameset    
    /// @param quark the quark to apply these arguments
    /// @param argv  the arguments to apply
    Object* apply (Runnable* robj, Nameset* nset, const long quark,
		   Vector* argv);
  };
}

#endif
