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1 //
2 // File: BppString.h
3 // Created by: Julien Dutheil
4 // Created on: Thu May 04 10:21 2006
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39 
40 #ifndef _BPP_STRING_H_
41 #define _BPP_STRING_H_
42 
43 #include "Clonable.h"
44 
45 // From the STL:
46 #include <string>
47 #include <ostream>
48 
49 namespace bpp
50 {
51 
57 class BppString: public virtual Clonable
58 {
59  private:
60  std::string text_;
61 
62  public:
63 
64  BppString(): text_() {}
65  BppString(const char* value): text_(value) {}
66  BppString(const std::string& value): text_(value) {}
67  BppString& operator=(const char* value) { text_ = value; return *this; }
68  BppString& operator=(const std::string& value) { text_ = value; return *this; }
69  virtual ~BppString() {}
70 
71  public:
72 
78 #ifdef NO_VIRTUAL_COV
79  Clonable*
80 #else
81  BppString*
82 #endif
83  clone() const { return new BppString(*this); }
86  const std::string& toSTL() const { return text_; }
87 
88 };
89 
90 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const BppString& s);
91 
92 } //end of namespace bpp.
93 
94 #endif //_BPP_STRING_H_
95