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+// Copyright (C) 2004 CEA
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library 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
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+//
+// See http://www.salome-platform.org or email : webmaster.salome@opencascade.org
+//
+//
+//
+// File : SMESH_Group.idl
+// Author : Sergey ANIKIN, OCC
+// $Header$
+
+#ifndef _SMESH_GROUP_IDL_
+#define _SMESH_GROUP_IDL_
+
+#include "SALOME_Exception.idl"
+#include "SALOME_GenericObj.idl"
+
+#include "SMESH_Mesh.idl"
+
+module SMESH
+{
+ /*!
+ * SMESH_Group: interface of group object
+ */
+ interface SMESH_Group : SALOME::GenericObj
+ {
+ /*!
+ * Sets group name
+ */
+ void SetName( in string name );
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns group name
+ */
+ string GetName();
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns group type (type of elements in the group)
+ */
+ ElementType GetType();
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns the number of elements in the group
+ */
+ long Size();
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns true if the group does not contain any elements
+ */
+ boolean IsEmpty();
+
+ /*!
+ * Clears the group's contents
+ */
+ void Clear();
+
+ /*!
+ * returns true if the group contains an element with ID == <elem_id>
+ */
+ boolean Contains( in long elem_id );
+
+ /*!
+ * Adds elements to the group
+ */
+ long Add( in long_array elem_ids );
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns ID of an element at position <elem_index>
+ */
+ long GetID( in long elem_index );
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns a sequence of all element IDs in the group
+ */
+ long_array GetListOfID();
+
+ /*!
+ * Removes elements from the group
+ */
+ long Remove( in long_array elem_ids );
+
+ /*!
+ * Returns the mesh object this group belongs to
+ */
+ SMESH_Mesh GetMesh();
+ };
+};
+
+
+#endif
