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+/*
+ suPHP - (c)2002-2005 Sebastian Marsching <sebastian@marsching.com>
+
+ This file is part of suPHP.
+
+ suPHP is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ suPHP 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with suPHP; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+*/
+
+#ifndef SUPHP_ENVIRONMENT_H
+
+namespace suPHP {
+ class Environment;
+};
+
+#define SUPHP_ENVIRONMENT_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+#include "KeyNotFoundException.hpp"
+
+namespace suPHP {
+ /**
+ * Class containing environment variables.
+ */
+ class Environment {
+ private:
+ std::map<std::string, std::string> vars;
+
+ public:
+ /**
+ * Returns (copy of) variable content
+ */
+ std::string getVar(const std::string& name) const
+ throw (KeyNotFoundException);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets variable content
+ */
+ void setVar(const std::string name, const std::string content)
+ throw (KeyNotFoundException);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds variable to environment
+ */
+ void putVar(const std::string name, const std::string content);
+
+ /**
+ * Deletes variable from environment
+ */
+ void deleteVar(const std::string& name) throw (KeyNotFoundException);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether a variable is set
+ */
+ bool hasVar(const std::string& name) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns reference to variable with name
+ */
+ std::string& operator[](const std::string& name)
+ throw (KeyNotFoundException);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns const reference to the map which stores the variables
+ */
+ const std::map<std::string, std::string>& getBackendMap() const;
+ };
+};
+
+#endif // SUPHP_ENVIRONMENT_H