#ifndef _MCommandResult
#define _MCommandResult
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// CLASS:    MCommandResult
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#if defined __cplusplus

// ****************************************************************************
// INCLUDED HEADER FILES


#include <maya/MStatus.h>
#include <maya/MObject.h>

// ****************************************************************************
// FORWARD DECLARATIONS

class MIntArray;
class MDoubleArray;
class MString;
class MStringArray;
class MVector;
class MVectorArray;
class MMatrix;

// ****************************************************************************
// CLASS DECLARATION (MCommandResult)

//! \ingroup OpenMaya
//! \brief Result returned from executing a command. 
/*!
  MCommandResult collects the result returned by MGlobal::executeCommand.
  It can either be an int or an array of int or a double or an array of
  double or a string or an array of string. Use resultType to find out
  its type and use the appropriate getResult method to retrieve the result.
*/
class OPENMAYA_EXPORT MCommandResult {

public:
    //! The types of results that MEL commands can return.
    enum Type {
	  kInvalid = 0,		//!< \nop
	  kInt,			//!< \nop
	  kIntArray,		//!< \nop
	  kDouble,		//!< \nop
	  kDoubleArray,		//!< \nop
	  kString,		//!< \nop
	  kStringArray,		//!< \nop
	  kVector,		//!< \nop
      kVectorArray,		//!< \nop
      kMatrix,			//!< \nop
      kMatrixArray		//!< \nop
	};

    MCommandResult(MStatus* ReturnStatus = NULL );
	virtual         ~MCommandResult();
	Type            resultType(MStatus* ReturnStatus = NULL) const;
	MStatus         getResult( int& result) const;
    MStatus         getResult( MIntArray& result) const;
	MStatus         getResult( double& result) const;
	MStatus         getResult( MDoubleArray& result) const;
	MString			stringResult( MStatus *ReturnResult=NULL) const;
BEGIN_NO_SCRIPT_SUPPORT:
	//!     NO SCRIPT SUPPORT
	MStatus         getResult( MString& result) const;
END_NO_SCRIPT_SUPPORT:
	MStatus         getResult( MStringArray& result) const;
	MStatus         getResult( MVector& result) const;
	MStatus         getResult( MVectorArray& result) const;
	MStatus         getResult( MDoubleArray& result,
							   int &numRows, int &numColumns) const;
    static	const char* className();

protected:
// No protected members

private:
    void *fResult;
};

#endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* _MCommandResult */