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#ifndef STORAGE_USER_H
#define STORAGE_USER_H


#include "storage/Holders/Holder.h"


namespace storage
{

    /**
     * Generic holder from one device to another device, e.g. from a Disk to a
     * PartitionTable or a Partition to a LvmPv.
     *
     * @see Holder
     */
    class User : public Holder
    {
    public:

	/**
	 * Create a holder of type User. Usually this function is not called
	 * directly. Functions like Partitionable::create_partition_table() or
	 * LvmVg::add_lvm_pv() call it.
	 *
	 * @see Holder::create(Devicegraph*, const Device*, const Device*)
	 *
	 * @throw HolderAlreadyExists
	 */
	static User* create(Devicegraph* devicegraph, const Device* source, const Device* target);

	static User* load(Devicegraph* devicegraph, const xmlNode* node);

	virtual User* clone() const override;

    public:

	class Impl;

	Impl& get_impl();
	const Impl& get_impl() const;

	User(Impl* impl);

    };


    /**
     * Checks whether holder points to an User.
     *
     * @throw NullPointerException
     */
    bool is_user(const Holder* holder);

    /**
     * Converts pointer to Holder to pointer to User.
     *
     * @return Pointer to User.
     * @throw HolderHasWrongType, NullPointerException
     */
    User* to_user(Holder* holder);

    /**
     * @copydoc to_user(Holder*)
     */
    const User* to_user(const Holder* holder);

}

#endif
