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#ifndef _IFC4X4_IFCCOSTVALUE_AUTO_IMPL_H
#define _IFC4X4_IFCCOSTVALUE_AUTO_IMPL_H

#include "IfcAppliedValueAutoImpl.h"

#include "TD_PackPush.h"

/** \details
  The namespace contains schema-dependent classes, definitions and sub routines
  for work with IFC4X4 express schema definitions.
*/
namespace OdIfc4x4 {

/** \details
  IfcCostValue represents an amount of money or a value.
  Each instance of IfcCostValue can have a category. 
  There are many possible types of cost value that can be identified. 
  While there is a broad understanding of the meaning of names that can be assigned to different types of costs, 
  there is no general standard for naming cost types nor are there any broadly defined classifications.
*/
class IFC4X4_EXPORT IfcCostValue : public IfcAppliedValue
{
  //DOM-IGNORE-BEGIN
  OD_EXP_DECLARE_MEMBERS(OdIfc4x4::IfcCostValue);
  //DOM-IGNORE-END


public:

  /** \details
  Returns a type of a class instance.
  \returns
  Pointer to the <exref target="OdDAI__Entity.html">OdDAI::Entity</exref> type that determines an entity definition within a schema.
  */
  virtual OdDAI::Entity* getInstanceType() const override;

  /** \details
  Early-bound version of instances comparison.
  \param pOther [in] Other application instance.
  \param ordering [out] Receives the ordering (comparison) status.
  \returns
  true if comparison was performed, false if method has no implementation, so late-bound version could be applied.
  \remarks
  If the method returns true,
  the ordering parameter can receive one of the following statuses:
  <table>
    Name             Value    Description
    _kLessThan_      -1       This object < Other Object.
    _kEqual_          0       This object = Other Object.
    _kGreaterThan_    1       This object > Other Object.
    _kNotOrderable_   2       This class is not orderable.
  </table>
  */
  virtual bool comparedToEarlyImpl(const OdDAI::ApplicationInstance *pOther, OdRx::Ordering &ordering) const override;

  /** \details
  Checks whether the specified instance is the object derived from or belongs to this class.
  \param entityType [in] Entity to check.
  \returns
  true if the specified instance is the object derived from or belongs to this class, false otherwise.
  */
  virtual bool isKindOf(OdIfc::OdIfcEntityType entityType) const override;

  /** \details
  Returns the type of this entity.
  \returns
  A value of the <exref target="OdIfc__OdIfcEntityType.html">OdIfc::OdIfcEntityType</exref> type that represents type of this entity.
  */
  virtual OdIfc::OdIfcEntityType type() const override;
};

/** \details
  A data type that represents a smart pointer to a <exref target="OdIfc4x4__IfcCostValue.html">IfcCostValue</exref> object.
*/
typedef OdSmartPtr<IfcCostValue> IfcCostValuePtr;

} // namespace

#include "TD_PackPop.h"

#endif // _IFC4X4_IFCCOSTVALUE_AUTO_IMPL_H