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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 TEMPDATABLOCK_H_
+#define TEMPDATABLOCK_H_
+
+namespace SM
+{
+class State;
+class TempDataBlock
+{
+   public:
+      TempDataBlock();
+      virtual ~TempDataBlock();
+
+      virtual void display();
+
+      State* getCurrentState();
+      void setNextState(State* state);
+
+      TempDataBlock* getNextTempDataBlock();
+      void setNextTempDataBlock(TempDataBlock* tdb_p);
+
+   protected:
+      State* currentStatep;
+      TempDataBlock* next;
+};
+}
+
+#endif /* TEMPDATABLOCK_H_ */
+