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// - SvgGroup.hpp                                                            -
// - afnix:svg service - svg group node class definition                     -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_SVGGROUP_HPP
#define  AFNIX_SVGGROUP_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_SVGSTYLING_HPP
#include "SvgStyling.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The SvgGroup class is a grouping class for the svg subsystem. Most
  /// of the time, svg objects are added into a group with a transformation
  /// attribute and some global styling attributes.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class SvgGroup : public SvgStyling {
  public:
    /// create an empty group
    SvgGroup (void);

    /// @return the class name
    String repr (void) const;

  private:
    // make the copy constructor private
    SvgGroup (const SvgGroup&);
    // make the assignment operator private
    SvgGroup& operator = (const SvgGroup&);

  public:
    /// create a new object in a generic object
    /// @param argv the argument vector
    static Object* mknew (Vector* argv);
  };
}

#endif
