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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace XenAPI
{
    public abstract partial class XenObject<S> : IXenObject where S : XenObject<S>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Copies properties from 'update' into this object. It uses property setters so that
        /// event handlers are triggered if the value is changing.
        /// </summary>
        public abstract void UpdateFrom(S update);

        /// <summary>
        /// Save any changed fields to the server. 
        /// This method is usually invoked on a thread pool thread.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="serverObject">Changes are sent to the server if the field in "this" is different from serverObject.
        /// Can be the object in the cache, or another reference object that we want to save changes to.</param>
        public abstract string SaveChanges(Session session, string serverOpaqueRef, S serverObject);

        private string _opaque_ref = null;
        public string opaque_ref
        {
            get { return _opaque_ref; }
            set { _opaque_ref = value; }
        }

        private bool _changed = false;
        public bool Changed
        {
            get { return _changed; }
            set { _changed = value; }
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        public void NotifyPropertyChanged(String info)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
            {
                PropertyChanged(this, new System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
            }
        }

        public void ClearEventListeners()
        {
            PropertyChanged = null;
        }
    }
}