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#ifndef _IFC2X3_IFCELECTRICALELEMENT_AUTO_IMPL_H
#define _IFC2X3_IFCELECTRICALELEMENT_AUTO_IMPL_H

#include "IfcElementAutoImpl.h"

#include "TD_PackPush.h"

/** \details
  The namespace contains schema-dependent classes, definitions and sub routines
  for work with IFC2X3 express schema definitions.
*/
namespace OdIfc2x3 {

/** \details
  This instance is a generalization of all electrical-related objects.
  - Local Placement -
  The local placement for IfcElectricalElement is defined in its supertype IfcProduct. 
  It is defined by the IfcLocalPlacement, which defines the local coordinate system that is referenced by all geometric representations.
  * If specified, the PlacementRelTo relationship of IfcLocalPlacement points to the local placement of the same IfcSpatialStructureElement, 
    which is used in the ContainedInStructure inverse attribute, or to a spatial structure element at a higher level, referenced by that.
  * If the relative placement is not used, the absolute placement is defined within the world coordinate system.
  
  - SurfaceModel Representation -
  Any IfcElectricalElement (so far no further constraints are defined at the level of its subtypes) 
  can be represented as a single or multiple surface models, based on either shell or face based models. 
  It is ensured by assigning the value 'SurfaceModel' to the RepresentationType attribute of IfcShapeRepresentation. 
  In some cases it can be useful to also expose a simple representation as a bounding box representation of the same complex shape.
  
  - Brep Representation -
  Any IfcElectricalElement (so far no further constraints are defined at the level of its subtypes) 
  can be represented as a single or multiple Boundary Representation elements (which are restricted to faceted Brep with or without voids). 
  The Brep representation allows for the representation of complex element shape. 
  It is ensured by assigning the value 'Brep' to the RepresentationType attribute of IfcShapeRepresentation. 
  In some cases it can be useful to also expose a simple representation as a bounding box representation of the same complex shape.
  
  - MappedRepresentation -
  The new mapped item, IfcMappedItem, should be used if appropriate as it allows to reuse 
  the geometry definition of the equipment type at occurrences of the same equipment type. 
  In this case the IfcShapeRepresentation.RepresentationType = MappedRepresentation is used.
*/
class IFC2X3_EXPORT IfcElectricalElement : public IfcElement
{
  //DOM-IGNORE-BEGIN
  OD_EXP_DECLARE_MEMBERS(OdIfc2x3::IfcElectricalElement);
  //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="OdIfc2x3__IfcElectricalElement.html">IfcElectricalElement</exref> object.
*/
typedef OdSmartPtr<IfcElectricalElement> IfcElectricalElementPtr;

} // namespace

#include "TD_PackPop.h"

#endif // _IFC2X3_IFCELECTRICALELEMENT_AUTO_IMPL_H