Query.h

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/*!
  \file terralib/dataaccess/query/Query.h
 
  \brief The base class for queries.
*/
 
#ifndef __TERRALIB_DATAACCESS_INTERNAL_QUERY_H
#define __TERRALIB_DATAACCESS_INTERNAL_QUERY_H
 
// TerraLib
#include "../../common/BaseVisitable.h"
#include "QueryVisitor.h"
 
namespace te
{
  namespace da
  {
    /*!
      \class Query
      
      \brief A Query is independent from the data source language/dialect.
 
      \ingroup dataaccess
 
      \sa Select, Insert, Update, Delete, CreateDataSet, DropDataSet, AlterDataSet, CreateIndex, DropIndex
    */
    class TEDATAACCESSEXPORT Query : public te::common::BaseVisitable<QueryVisitor>
    {
      public:
 
        TE_DEFINE_VISITABLE
 
        /*! \brief Default constructor. */
        Query() {}
 
        /*! \brief Virtual destructor. */
        virtual ~Query() {}
 
        /*! \brief It creates a new copy of this query. */
        virtual Query* clone() const = 0;
    };
 
    /*! \brief For use with boost conteiners. */
    inline Query* new_clone(const Query& a)
    {
      return a.clone();
    }
 
  } // end namespace da
}   // end namespace te
 
#endif  // __TERRALIB_DATAACCESS_INTERNAL_QUERY_H