//
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// Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller
//
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//

#ifndef FMTGEN_TYPE_STRING_INCLUDE_H
#define FMTGEN_TYPE_STRING_INCLUDE_H

#include <fmtgen/type/string.h>

/**
  * The type_string_include class is used to represent the code
  * generation needed to manage strings in the meta-data, in the C style
  * (circa 1991), for the include files.
  */
class type_string_include:
    public type_string
{
public:
    /**
      * The destructor.
      */
    virtual ~type_string_include();

private:
    /**
      * The constructor.
      * It is private on purpose, use the #create class method instead.
      *
      * @param gen
      *     where to write the generated code
      */
    type_string_include(generator *gen);

public:
    /**
      * The create class method is used to create new dynamically
      * allocated instances of this class.
      *
      * @param gen
      *     where to write the generated code
      */
    static pointer create(generator *gen);

protected:
    // See base class for documentation.
    void gen_declarator(const nstring &variable_name, bool is_a_list,
        int attributes, const nstring &comment) const;

    // See base class for documentation.
    void gen_body() const;

private:
    /**
      * The default constructor.  Do not use.
      */
    type_string_include();

    /**
      * The copy constructor.  Do not use.
      */
    type_string_include(const type_string_include &);

    /**
      * The assignment operator.  Do not use.
      */
    type_string_include &operator=(const type_string_include &);
};

#endif // FMTGEN_TYPE_STRING_INCLUDE_H