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// Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation, All rights reserved. 
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//


[ClassVersion ( "1.0" ), Abstract,
Description( "Common base class for all Storage Management Provider objects" )]
class MSFT_StorageObject
{
    // Provider owned identifier
    [Key, Read, Required, Description(
        "ObjectId is a mandatory property that is used to opaquely and uniquely identify "
        "an instance of a class. ObjectIds must be unique within the scope of the management "
        "server (which is hosting the provider). The ObjectId is created and maintained for "
        "use of the Storage Management Providers and their clients to track instances of "
        "objects. If an object is visible through two different paths (for example: there are "
        "two separate Storage Management Providers that point to the same storage subsystem) "
        "then the same object may appear with two different ObjectIds. For determining if two "
        "object instances are the same object, refer to the UniqueId property."
        )]
    String ObjectId;

    // Unique identifier
    [Read, Required, Description(
        "UniqueId is a mandatory property that is used to uniquely identify a logical instance "
        "of a storage subsystem's object. This value must be the same for an object viewed "
        "by two or more provider instances (even if they are running on seperate management "
        "servers). UniqueId can be any globally unique, opaque value unless otherwise specified "
        "by a derived class."
        )]
    String UniqueId;

    // Pass-Through identifiers
    [Read, Description(
        "PassThroughIds is a comma-separated list of all implementation specific keys. "
        "It is used by storage management applications to access the vendor proprietary "
        "object model. This field should be in the form: key1='value1',key2='value2'."
        )]
    String PassThroughIds;

    [Read, Description(
        "PassThroughServer is the name or address of the computer system hosting the proprietary "
        "storage provider classes."
        )]
    String PassThroughServer;

    [Read, Description(
        "PassThroughNamespace is the WBEM namespace that contains the proprietary storage "
        "provider classes."
        )]
    String PassThroughNamespace;

    [Read, Description(
        "PassThroughClass is the WBEM class name of the proprietary storage provider object."
        )]
    String PassThroughClass;
};