/* -*- mode: c++ -*- 
*/
/* 

    GIFT, a flexible content based image retrieval system.
    Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 CUI, University of Geneva

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

*/
// -*- mode: c++ -*-
#ifndef _CXMLTRIPLET
#define _CXMLTRIPLET

#include <string>

/**
   This structure contains a triplet of
   (instruction,name,value). It is designed
   to help build an XML tree from a flat 
   structure.
 */
class CXMLTriplet{
 
 public:
  /** the instruction */
  int mInstruction;
  /** the name */
  string mName;
  /** the value */
  string mValue;


  /** a list of the possible instructions 
      beginning of an element */
  static const int element;
  /** end of an element, up in the tree */
  static const int up;
  /** an attribute */
  static const int attribute;
  /** a text node */
  static const int text;
};

#endif
