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/* $Rev$ $Date$ */

#ifndef XPATH_HELPER_H
#define XPATH_HELPER_H

#include "commonj/sdo/export.h"
#include "commonj/sdo/SDOString.h"

namespace commonj{
namespace sdo{
    
/**  
 * 
 * XpathHelper provides utilities to help with xpath parsing
 */

class XpathHelper
{
     public:

    virtual ~XpathHelper();

    /**  isIndexed - true if [] or .
     * 
     * Returns true if the path has an index, indicating a many valued
     * property at the end of the path.
     */

    static SDO_API const bool isIndexed(const char * path);
    static SDO_API const bool isIndexed(const SDOString& path);
 
};
};
};


#endif