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+// Copyright (C) 2007-2010 CEA/DEN, EDF R&D, OPEN CASCADE
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2003-2007 OPEN CASCADE, EADS/CCR, LIP6, CEA/DEN,
+// CEDRAT, EDF R&D, LEG, PRINCIPIA R&D, BUREAU VERITAS
+//
+// 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.com
+//
+
+// File : SALOME_Parametric.idl
+// Author : Renaud BARATE, EDF R&D
+//
+
+#ifndef _SALOME_Parametric_IDL_
+#define _SALOME_Parametric_IDL_
+
+/*! \brief
+ This module contains type definitions for the communication between
+ supervision codes and computation codes in parametric studies.
+*/
+module SALOME_Parametric
+{
+/*! \brief Structure describing a parameter that can be used for specific
+ information exchange between the codes.
+*/
+ struct Parameter {
+ string name;
+ string value;
+ };
+
+/*! \brief List of parameters.
+*/
+ typedef sequence<Parameter> ParameterList;
+
+/*! \brief Type representing the value of a variable exchanged between the
+ codes. As the variables may be matrices, a value is a 2D object
+ represented as a sequence of sequences of real numbers.
+*/
+ typedef sequence<sequence<double> > Value;
+
+/*! \brief List of variable names.
+*/
+ typedef sequence<string> VarList;
+
+/*! \brief List of variable values.
+*/
+ typedef sequence<Value> ValueList;
+
+/*! \brief Structure describing the input of a computation code.
+*/
+ struct ParametricInput {
+ VarList inputVarList;
+ VarList outputVarList;
+ ValueList inputValues;
+ ParameterList specificParameters;
+ };
+
+/*! \brief Structure describing the output of a computation code.
+*/
+ struct ParametricOutput {
+ ValueList outputValues;
+ ParameterList specificOutputInfos;
+ long returnCode;
+ string errorMessage;
+ };
+
+};
+
+#endif
