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+#ifndef __COMMON__STRING_H__
+#define __COMMON__STRING_H__
+
+/*
+ * String.h
+ * zxing
+ *
+ * Created by Christian Brunschen on 20/05/2008.
+ * Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include "Counted.h"
+
+namespace common {
+ using namespace std;
+
+ class String : public Counted {
+ private:
+ string text_;
+ public:
+ String(const string &text) : text_(text) { }
+ string &getText() { return text_; }
+ friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &out, const String &s);
+ };
+
+}
+
+#endif // __COMMON__STRING_H__