ENH: getting some of the property changed chewcked into CVS at least

Source/cmProperty.h

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+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   CMake - Cross-Platform Makefile Generator
+  Module:    $RCSfile$
+  Language:  C++
+  Date:      $Date$
+  Version:   $Revision$
+
+  Copyright (c) 2002 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium.  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Copyright.html for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef cmProperty_h
+#define cmProperty_h
+
+#include "cmStandardIncludes.h"
+
+class cmProperty 
+{
+public:
+  enum ScopeType { TARGET, SOURCE_FILE, DIRECTORY, GLOBAL, TEST };
+
+  // set this property
+  void Set(const char *name, const char *value);
+
+  // get the value
+  const char *GetValue() const;
+
+  // construct with the value not set
+  cmProperty() { this->ValueHasBeenSet = false; };
+
+protected:
+  std::string Name;
+  std::string Value;
+  bool ValueHasBeenSet;
+};
+
+#endif