#ifndef COIN_SOFIELDCONTAINER_H
#define COIN_SOFIELDCONTAINER_H

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#include <Inventor/misc/SoBase.h>

class SbString;
class SoFieldData;
class SoFieldList;
class SoOutput;


class COIN_DLL_API SoFieldContainer : public SoBase {
  typedef SoBase inherited;

public:
  static void initClass(void);
  static SoType getClassTypeId(void);

  void setToDefaults(void);
  SbBool hasDefaultValues(void) const;

  SbBool fieldsAreEqual(const SoFieldContainer * container) const;
  void copyFieldValues(const SoFieldContainer * container,
                       SbBool copyconnections = FALSE);

  SbBool set(const char * const fielddata);
  void get(SbString & fielddata);

  virtual int getFields(SoFieldList & l) const;
  virtual int getAllFields(SoFieldList & l) const;
  virtual SoField * getField(const SbName & name) const;
  virtual SoField * getEventIn(const SbName & name) const;
  virtual SoField * getEventOut(const SbName & name) const;
  SbBool getFieldName(const SoField * const field, SbName & name) const;

  SbBool enableNotify(const SbBool flag);
  SbBool isNotifyEnabled(void) const;

  SbBool set(const char * fielddata, SoInput * in);
  void get(SbString & fielddata, SoOutput * out);

  virtual void notify(SoNotList * l);

  virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue(SoField * field, void * newval);

  virtual void addWriteReference(SoOutput * out, SbBool isfromfield = FALSE);
  virtual void writeInstance(SoOutput * out);

  SbBool getIsBuiltIn(void) const;
  virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData(void) const;

  virtual void copyContents(const SoFieldContainer * from,
                            SbBool copyconnections);
  virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection(void) const;

  static void initCopyDict(void);
  static void addCopy(const SoFieldContainer * orig,
                      const SoFieldContainer * copy);
  static SoFieldContainer * checkCopy(const SoFieldContainer * orig);
  static SoFieldContainer * findCopy(const SoFieldContainer * orig,
                                     const SbBool copyconnections);
  static void copyDone(void);

  void setUserData(void * userdata) const;
  void * getUserData(void) const;

protected:
  SoFieldContainer(void);
  ~SoFieldContainer();

  virtual SbBool readInstance(SoInput * in, unsigned short flags);
  SbBool isBuiltIn;

private:
  static SoType classTypeId;
  SbBool donotify;
};

#endif // !COIN_SOFIELDCONTAINER_H