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//
//  W A R N I N G
//  -------------
//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.

#ifndef Patternist_ValueFactory_H
#define Patternist_ValueFactory_H

#include "qitem_p.h"
#include "qreportcontext_p.h"
#include "qschematype_p.h"

QT_BEGIN_HEADER
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

namespace QPatternist
{
    /**
     * @short Provides fromLexical(), which allows instantiation of atomic
     * values from arbitrary types.
     *
     * This class wraps the helper class CastingPlatform with a more specific,
     * high-level API.
     *
     * @see CastingPlatform
     * @author Frans Englich <fenglich@trolltech.com>
     * @ingroup Patternist_schema
     */
    class ValueFactory
    {
    public:
        /**
         * @short Returns an AtomicValue of type @p type from the lexical space
         * @p lexicalValue, and raise an error through @p context if that's
         * impossible.
         *
         * ValueFactory does not take ownership of @p sourceLocationReflection.
         */
        static AtomicValue::Ptr fromLexical(const QString &lexicalValue,
                                            const SchemaType::Ptr &type,
                                            const ReportContext::Ptr &context,
                                            const SourceLocationReflection *const sourceLocationReflection);

    private:
        Q_DISABLE_COPY(ValueFactory)
    };
}

QT_END_NAMESPACE
QT_END_HEADER

#endif