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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Infosys Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EVENT_H_
+#define EVENT_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+#include "smEnumTypes.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace SM
+{
+	class Event
+	{
+   	public:
+		Event();
+      		Event(Event_e evtID, void* eventData);
+      		virtual ~Event();
+
+      		inline Event_e getEventId()const
+      		{
+      			return eventID;
+      		}
+
+      		void* getEventData() const;
+
+      		virtual void display();
+ 
+   	private:
+	      	Event_e eventID;
+	      	void * eventData_p;
+	};
+}
+
+#endif /* EVENT_H_ */