1 // Created on: 1992-02-11
2 // Created by: Christian CAILLET
3 // Copyright (c) 1992-1999 Matra Datavision
4 // Copyright (c) 1999-2014 OPEN CASCADE SAS
6 // This file is part of Open CASCADE Technology software library.
8 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
9 // the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published
10 // by the Free Software Foundation, with special exception defined in the file
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17 #ifndef _StepData_HeaderFile
18 #define _StepData_HeaderFile
20 #include <Standard.hxx>
21 #include <Standard_DefineAlloc.hxx>
22 #include <Standard_Handle.hxx>
24 class StepData_Protocol;
27 //! Gives basic data definition for Step Interface.
28 //! Any class of a data model described in EXPRESS Language
29 //! is candidate to be managed by a Step Interface
37 //! Returns the recorded HeaderProtocol, which can be :
38 //! - a Null Handle if no Header Protocol was yet defined
39 //! - a simple Protocol if only one was defined
40 //! - a FileProtocol if more than one Protocol was yet defined
41 Standard_EXPORT static Handle(StepData_Protocol) HeaderProtocol();
43 //! Adds a new Header Protocol to the Header Definition
44 Standard_EXPORT static void AddHeaderProtocol (const Handle(StepData_Protocol)& headerproto);
46 //! Prepares General Data required to work with this package,
47 //! which are the Protocol and Modules to be loaded into Libraries
48 Standard_EXPORT static void Init();
50 //! Returns a Protocol from StepData (avoids to create it)
51 Standard_EXPORT static Handle(StepData_Protocol) Protocol();
55 #endif // _StepData_HeaderFile