// Created on: 1998-02-04
// Created by: Christian CAILLET
// Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Matra Datavision
// Copyright (c) 1999-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS
//
// This file is part of Open CASCADE Technology software library.
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
// the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published
// by the Free Software Foundation, with special exception defined in the file
// OCCT_LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt. Consult the file LICENSE_LGPL_21.txt included in OCCT
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#ifndef _Interface_SignType_HeaderFile
#define _Interface_SignType_HeaderFile

#include <Standard.hxx>
#include <Standard_Type.hxx>

#include <MoniTool_SignText.hxx>
class TCollection_AsciiString;
class Standard_Transient;
class Interface_InterfaceModel;

class Interface_SignType;
DEFINE_STANDARD_HANDLE(Interface_SignType, MoniTool_SignText)

//! Provides the basic service to get a type name, according
//! to a norm
//! It can be used for other classes (general signatures ...)
class Interface_SignType : public MoniTool_SignText
{

public:
  //! Returns an identification of the Signature (a word), given at
  //! initialization time
  //! Specialised to consider context as an InterfaceModel
  Standard_EXPORT TCollection_AsciiString
    Text(const Handle(Standard_Transient)& ent,
         const Handle(Standard_Transient)& context) const Standard_OVERRIDE;

  //! Returns the Signature for a Transient object. It is specific
  //! of each sub-class of Signature. For a Null Handle, it should
  //! provide ""
  //! It can work with the model which contains the entity
  Standard_EXPORT virtual Standard_CString Value(
    const Handle(Standard_Transient)&       ent,
    const Handle(Interface_InterfaceModel)& model) const = 0;

  //! From a CDL Type Name, returns the Class part (package dropped)
  //! WARNING : buffered, to be immediately copied or printed
  Standard_EXPORT static Standard_CString ClassName(const Standard_CString typnam);

  DEFINE_STANDARD_RTTIEXT(Interface_SignType, MoniTool_SignText)

protected:
private:
};

#endif // _Interface_SignType_HeaderFile
