diff -r 596e48d6e77b -r b4931ae52069 lemon/lp_base.h
--- a/lemon/lp_base.h	Mon Dec 04 18:09:09 2006 +0000
+++ b/lemon/lp_base.h	Thu Dec 07 16:10:54 2006 +0000
@@ -706,10 +706,14 @@
     virtual Value _getCoeff(int row, int col) = 0;
 
     virtual void _setColLowerBound(int i, Value value) = 0;
+    virtual Value _getColLowerBound(int i) = 0;
     virtual void _setColUpperBound(int i, Value value) = 0;
+    virtual Value _getColUpperBound(int i) = 0;
 //     virtual void _setRowLowerBound(int i, Value value) = 0;
 //     virtual void _setRowUpperBound(int i, Value value) = 0;
     virtual void _setRowBounds(int i, Value lower, Value upper) = 0;
+    virtual void _getRowBounds(int i, Value &lower, Value &upper)=0;
+
     virtual void _setObjCoeff(int i, Value obj_coef) = 0;
     virtual Value _getObjCoeff(int i) = 0;
     virtual void _clearObj()=0;
@@ -1024,6 +1028,15 @@
     void colLowerBound(Col c, Value value) {
       _setColLowerBound(_lpId(c),value);
     }
+
+    /// Get the lower bound of a column (i.e a variable)
+
+    /// This function returns the lower bound for column (variable) \t c
+    /// (this might be -\ref INF as well).  
+    ///\return The lower bound for coloumn \t c
+    Value colLowerBound(Col c) {
+      return _getColLowerBound(_lpId(c));
+    }
     
     ///\brief Set the lower bound of  several columns
     ///(i.e a variables) at once
@@ -1071,7 +1084,16 @@
       _setColUpperBound(_lpId(c),value);
     };
 
-    ///\brief Set the lower bound of  several columns
+    /// Get the upper bound of a column (i.e a variable)
+
+    /// This function returns the upper bound for column (variable) \t c
+    /// (this might be \ref INF as well).  
+    ///\return The upper bound for coloumn \t c
+    Value colUpperBound(Col c) {
+      return _getColUpperBound(_lpId(c));
+    }
+
+    ///\brief Set the upper bound of  several columns
     ///(i.e a variables) at once
     ///
     ///This magic function takes a container as its argument
@@ -1176,15 +1198,30 @@
 
     /// Set the lower and the upper bounds of a row (i.e a constraint)
 
-    /// The lower and the upper bounds of
+    /// The lower and the upper bound of
     /// a constraint (row) have to be given by an 
     /// extended number of type Value, i.e. a finite number of type 
-    /// Value, -\ref INF or \ref INF.
+    /// Value, -\ref INF or \ref INF. There is no separate function for the 
+    /// lower and the upper bound because that would have been hard to implement 
+    /// for CPLEX.
     void rowBounds(Row c, Value lower, Value upper) {
       _setRowBounds(_lpId(c),lower, upper);
-      // _setRowUpperBound(_lpId(c),upper);
     }
     
+    /// Get the lower and the upper bounds of a row (i.e a constraint)
+
+    /// The lower and the upper bound of
+    /// a constraint (row) are  
+    /// extended numbers of type Value, i.e.  finite numbers of type 
+    /// Value, -\ref INF or \ref INF. 
+    /// \todo There is no separate function for the 
+    /// lower and the upper bound because we had problems with the 
+    /// implementation of the setting functions for CPLEX:  
+    /// check out whether this can be done for these functions.
+    void getRowBounds(Row c, Value &lower, Value &upper) {
+      _getRowBounds(_lpId(c),lower, upper);
+    }
+
     ///Set an element of the objective function
     void objCoeff(Col c, Value v) {_setObjCoeff(_lpId(c),v); };