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#ifndef CLASSCONTAINER
#define CLASSCONTAINER

#include "UmlClass.h"
#include "Namespace.h"

class Class;
class UmlTypeSpec;

class ClassContainer {
  public:
    virtual ~ClassContainer();	// just to not have warning
  
    virtual Class * declare_if_needed(const QCString & name,
				      QCString stereotype = 0) = 0;
    virtual Class * define(const QCString & name, QCString stereotype = 0) = 0;
    virtual void declare_if_needed(QCString name, Class * cl) = 0;
    virtual void define(QCString name, Class * cl) = 0;
    virtual Class * new_class(const QCString & name,
			      const QCString & stereotype,
			      bool declaration) = 0;
    virtual bool find_type(QCString type, UmlTypeSpec & typespec) = 0;
    virtual void declaration(const QCString & name, const QCString & stereotype,
			     const QCString & decl) = 0;
    
    void compute_type(QCString type, UmlTypeSpec & typespec,
		      QCString & typeform, bool get_first_template_actual = FALSE,
		      const QValueList<FormalParameterList> & tmplts = empty);
    bool find_type(QCString type, UmlTypeSpec & typespec,
		   NDict<Class> & defined);
    
    static bool get_template(FormalParameterList & tmplt);
    
  protected:
    Class * declare_if_needed(const QCString & name,
			      const QCString & stereotype,
			      const FormalParameterList & formals,
			      NDict<Class> & declared, 
			      NDict<Class> & defined);
    Class * define(const QCString & name, const QCString & stereotype,
		   NDict<Class> & declared, NDict<Class> & defined);
    
    static QValueList<FormalParameterList> empty;
};

#endif