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/*

 * $Id: DOM_CDATASection.hpp 568078 2007-08-21 11:43:25Z amassari $

 */

#ifndef DOM_CDataSection_HEADER_GUARD_

#define DOM_CDataSection_HEADER_GUARD_

#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

#include "DOM_Text.hpp"

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class CDATASectionImpl;

/**

 * <code>DOM_CDataSection</code> objects refer to the data from an

 * XML CDATA section.  These are used to escape blocks of text containing  characters

 * that would otherwise be regarded as markup.

 *

 * <p>Note that the string data associated with the CDATA section may

 * contain characters that need to be escaped when appearing in an

 * XML document outside of a CDATA section.

 * <p> The <code>DOM_CDATASection</code> class inherits from the

 * <code>DOM_CharacterData</code> class through the <code>Text</code>

 * interface. Adjacent CDATASection nodes are not merged by use

 * of the Element.normalize() method.

 */

class DEPRECATED_DOM_EXPORT DOM_CDATASection: public DOM_Text {

public:

  /** @name Constructors and assignment operators */

  //@{

  /**

    * Default constructor for DOM_CDATASection.  The resulting object does not

    * refer to any actual CData section; it will compare == to 0, and is similar

    * to a null object reference variable in Java.

    *

    */

        DOM_CDATASection();

  /**

    * Copy constructor.  Creates a new <code>DOM_CDataSection</code> that refers to the

    *   same underlying data as the original.  See also <code>DOM_Node::clone()</code>,

    * which will copy the underlying data, rather than just creating a new

    * reference to the original object.

    *

    * @param other The source <code>DOM_CDATASection</code> object

    */

        DOM_CDATASection(const DOM_CDATASection &other);

  /**

    * Assignment operator.

    *

    * @param other The object to be copied.

    */

        DOM_CDATASection & operator = (const DOM_CDATASection &other);

    /**

      * Assignment operator.  This overloaded variant is provided for

      *   the sole purpose of setting a DOM_Node reference variable to

      *   zero.  Nulling out a reference variable in this way will decrement

      *   the reference count on the underlying Node object that the variable

      *   formerly referenced.  This effect is normally obtained when reference

      *   variable goes out of scope, but zeroing them can be useful for

      *   global instances, or for local instances that will remain in scope

      *   for an extended time,  when the storage belonging to the underlying

      *   node needs to be reclaimed.

      *

      * @param val   Only a value of 0, or null, is allowed.

      */

    DOM_CDATASection & operator = (const DOM_NullPtr *val);

    //@}

    /** @name Destructor. */

    //@{

	 /**

	  * Destructor for DOM_CDATASection.

	  *

	  */

	    ~DOM_CDATASection();

    //@}

protected:

	DOM_CDATASection(CDATASectionImpl *);

    friend class DOM_Document;

};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif