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//
//  W A R N I N G
//  -------------
//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.

#ifndef Patternist_VariableReference_H
#define Patternist_VariableReference_H

#include "qemptycontainer_p.h"

QT_BEGIN_HEADER

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

template<typename T> class QList;

namespace QPatternist
{
    /**
     * @short Baseclass for classes being references to variables.
     *
     * @author Frans Englich <frans.englich@nokia.com>
     * @ingroup Patternist_expressions
     */
    class VariableReference : public EmptyContainer
    {
    public:
        typedef QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<VariableReference> Ptr;
        typedef QList<VariableReference::Ptr> List;

        /**
         * Creates a VariableReference.
         *
         * @param slot must be a valid slot. That is, zero or larger.
         */
        VariableReference(const VariableSlotID slot);

        /**
         * @returns the slot that this reference communicates through.
         *
         * This is a slot in the DynamicContext. Which one, depends on the
         * type, which this VariableReference does not have information about.
         * For instance, it could DynamicContext::expressionVariable() or
         * DynamicContext::rangeVariable().
         */
        inline VariableSlotID slot() const;

        /**
         * @returns DisableElimination
         */
        virtual Properties properties() const;

    private:
        /**
         * The slot. Same as returned by slot().
         *
         *  This variable is not called m_slot, because that creates a weird
         *  compiler error on hpuxi-acc. See the preprocessor output. EvaluationCache::m_varSlot
         *  is a similar workaround.
         */
        const VariableSlotID m_varSlot;
    };

    inline VariableSlotID VariableReference::slot() const
    {
        return m_varSlot;
    }

}

QT_END_NAMESPACE

QT_END_HEADER

#endif
