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#ifndef __ETCHSTRING_H__
#define __ETCHSTRING_H__

#include "common/EtchObject.h"

/**
 * String type.
 */
class EtchString :
    public EtchObject
{
public:

    /**
     * TypeId for EtchString.
     */
    static const int32_t TYPE_ID = EOTID_STRING;

    /**
     * Constructs the String.
     */
    EtchString();

    /**
     * Constructs the String.
     * @param string as c string
     */
    EtchString(const char* string);

    /**
     * Destructure.
     */
    virtual ~EtchString();

    /**
     * Set a new string.
     * @param string as c string
     */
    void set(const char* string);

    /**
     * Returns the amount of characters in the string.
     */
    int32_t lenght();

    /**
     * Returns c styled string.
     */
    const char* c_str();

private:
    char* m_data;
};

#endif