AnnotationItem.h

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/*!
  \file AnnotationItem.h

  \brief A base class for XSD annotation elements.
*/

#ifndef __TERRALIB_XSD_INTERNAL_ANNOTATIONITEM_H
#define __TERRALIB_XSD_INTERNAL_ANNOTATIONITEM_H

// TerraLib
#include "Config.h"

namespace te
{
  namespace xsd
  {
    /*!
      \class AnnotationItem

      \brief A base class for XSD annotation elements.

      \sa Annotation, AppInfo, Documentation

      \note Parent element: Annotation.
    */
    class TEXSDEXPORT AnnotationItem
    {
      public:

        /*! \brief Constructor. */
        AnnotationItem() { }

        /*! \brief Destructor. */
        virtual ~AnnotationItem() { }

        /*!
          \brief It creates a clone of the annotation item.

          \return A clone of the annotation item. The client of this method will take the ownership of the clone.
        */
        virtual AnnotationItem* clone() const = 0;
    };

  } // end namespace xsd
}   // end namespace te

#endif  // __TERRALIB_XSD_INTERNAL_ANNOTATIONITEM_H