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#ifndef ETCHFIELD_H
#define ETCHFIELD_H
#include "capu/Config.h"
#include "common/EtchString.h"
#include "common/EtchInt32.h"

class EtchField : public EtchObject {
public:

  /**
   * EtchObjectType for EtchField.
   */
  static const EtchObjectType* TYPE();

  /**
   * Default Constructor
   */
  EtchField();

  /**
   * Constructor
   * @param name
   */
  EtchField(const EtchString & name);


  /**
   * Constructor
   * @param id
   * @param name
   */
  EtchField(capu::uint32_t id, EtchString & name);

  /**
   * Copy Constructor
   * @param other
   */
  EtchField(const EtchField& other);

  /**
   * Destructor
   */
  virtual ~EtchField();

  /**
   * returns the hash code
   * @return hash value
   */
  capu::uint32_t getHashCode() const;

  /**
   * Compares two fields
   * @return true if two fields are equal
   *         false otherwise
   */
  capu::bool_t equals(const EtchObject * object) const;

  /**
   * @return id of the field
   */
  capu::uint32_t getId() const;

  /**
   * @return name of the field
   */
  EtchString getName() const;

private:
  EtchInt32 mId;
  EtchString mName;
};

#endif /* ETCHFIELD_H */