HeaderSection.h

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#ifndef DIME_HEADERSECTION_H
#define DIME_HEADERSECTION_H

#include <dime/sections/Section.h>
#include <dime/util/Array.h>

class DIME_DLL_API dimeHeaderSection : public dimeSection
{
public:
  dimeHeaderSection(dimeMemHandler * const memhandler);
  virtual ~dimeHeaderSection();

  int getVariable(const char * const variableName,
          int * const groupcodes,
          dimeParam * const params,
          const int maxparams) const;
  
  int setVariable(const char * const variableName,
          const int * const groupcodes,
          const dimeParam * const params,
          const int numparams,
          dimeMemHandler * const memhandler = NULL);

  virtual const char *getSectionName() const;
  virtual dimeSection *copy(dimeModel * const model) const;

  virtual bool read(dimeInput * const file);
  virtual bool write(dimeOutput * const file);
  virtual int typeId() const;
  virtual int countRecords() const;
  
private:
  int findVariable(const char * const name) const;

  dimeArray <class dimeRecord*> records;

}; // class dimeHeaderSection

#endif // ! DIME_HEADERSECTION_H