/*
 *
 *  Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

/* $Rev$ $Date: 2005/12/22 16:54:15 $ */

#ifndef _HELPERPROVIDER_H_
#define _HELPERPROVIDER_H_


#include "commonj/sdo/XSDHelper.h"
#include "commonj/sdo/XMLHelper.h"
#include "commonj/sdo/DataFactory.h"
#include "commonj/sdo/export.h"


namespace commonj
{
    namespace sdo
    {
        
        
/**
 * HelperProvider gives access to helpers (static methods).
 *
 * The helper provider gives back an XSD or XML helper associated
 * with the given data factory
 */
        class HelperProvider
        {
        public:
            
/**
 *
 * The helper provider gives back an XSD helper associated
 * with the given data factory
 */
            SDO_API static XSDHelperPtr getXSDHelper(DataFactoryPtr dataFactory=0);

/**
 *
 * The helper provider gives back an XML helper associated
 * with the given data factory
 */
            SDO_API static XMLHelperPtr getXMLHelper(DataFactoryPtr dataFactory=0);

        };
        
    } // End - namespace sdo
} // End - namespace commonj

#endif // _HELPERPROVIDER_H_