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#ifndef DRIZZLED_OPTIMIZER_ACCESS_METHOD_FACTORY_H
#define DRIZZLED_OPTIMIZER_ACCESS_METHOD_FACTORY_H

#include <drizzled/definitions.h>
#include <drizzled/error.h>
#include <drizzled/sql_parse.h>
#include <drizzled/sql_base.h>
#include <drizzled/join_table.h>
#include <drizzled/optimizer/access_method.h>

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

/* Forward declarations */
class Table;
class JoinTable;

namespace drizzled
{
namespace optimizer
{

/**
 * @class AccessMethodFactory
 * @brief Creates access method objects
 */
class AccessMethodFactory
{
public:

  static AccessMethodFactory &singleton()
  {
    static AccessMethodFactory fact;
    return fact;
  }

  boost::shared_ptr<AccessMethod> createAccessMethod(enum access_method type);

private:
  
  AccessMethodFactory() {}

  ~AccessMethodFactory() {}

  AccessMethodFactory(const AccessMethodFactory&);
};

} /* end namespace optimizer */

} /* end namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_OPTIMIZER_ACCESS_METHOD_FACTORY_H */
