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//  acPtr_class : Base class for GALGAS class                                                    
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//  This file is part of libpm library                                                           
//
//  Copyright (C) 2008, ..., 2011 Pierre Molinaro.
//
//  e-mail : pierre@pcmolinaro.name
//
//  This library 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 2 of the License, or (at your option)
//  any later version.
//
//  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
//  warranty of MERCHANDIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
//  more details.
//
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#pragma once

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#include "utilities/C_SharedObject.h"
#include "galgas2/typeComparisonResult.h"

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class C_String ;
class C_galgas_type_descriptor ;

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class acPtr_class : public C_SharedObject {
  public: acPtr_class (LOCATION_ARGS) ;

  public: virtual void description (C_String & ioString,
                                    const int32_t inIndentation) const = 0 ;

  public: virtual typeComparisonResult dynamicObjectCompare (const acPtr_class * inOperandPtr) const = 0 ;

  public: virtual const C_galgas_type_descriptor * classDescriptor (void) const = 0 ;

  public: virtual acPtr_class * duplicate (LOCATION_ARGS) const = 0 ;
} ;

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