/*  Copyright (C) 2001-2009 National Institute For Space Research (INPE) - Brazil.

    This file is part of the TerraLib - a Framework for building GIS enabled applications.

    TerraLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
    or (at your option) any later version.

    TerraLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
    along with TerraLib. See COPYING. If not, write to
    TerraLib Team at <terralib-team@terralib.org>.
 */

/*!
  \file terralib/common/Static.h

  \brief A base type for static classes.
*/

#ifndef __TERRALIB_COMMON_INTERNAL_STATIC_H
#define __TERRALIB_COMMON_INTERNAL_STATIC_H

namespace te
{
  namespace common
  {
    /*!
      \class Static

      \brief A base type for static classes.
      
      Private default constructor and destructor ensure classes derived from
      class Static cannot have objects.

      \ingroup common
     */
    class Static
    {
      private:

        /*! \brief Private constructor. */
        Static() {}

      protected:

        /*! \brief Private destructor. */
        ~Static() {}
    };

  } // end namespace common
}   // end namespace te

#endif  // __TERRALIB_COMMON_INTERNAL_STATIC_H

