XQuilla/include/xqilla/context/VariableStore.hpp

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 * $Id: VariableStore.hpp,v 1.12 2007/11/28 13:13:20 jpcs Exp $
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#ifndef _VARIABLESTORE_HPP
#define _VARIABLESTORE_HPP

#include <xqilla/framework/XQillaExport.hpp>

#include <xercesc/util/XercesDefs.hpp>

class Result;

/** The pure virtual base class for accessing variables at runtime. */
class XQILLA_API VariableStore
{
public:
  /** default destructor */
  virtual ~VariableStore() {};

  /** Looks up the value of a variable by namespace URI and localname pair. */
  virtual Result getVar(const XMLCh *namespaceURI, const XMLCh *name) const = 0;
};

#endif