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+/*============================================================================
+  KWSys - Kitware System Library
+  Copyright 2000-2009 Kitware, Inc., Insight Software Consortium
+
+  Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+  see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+
+  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+  See the License for more information.
+============================================================================*/
+#ifndef @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_String_hxx
+#define @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_String_hxx
+
+#include <@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@/stl/string>
+
+namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
+{
+
+/** \class String
+ * \brief Short-name version of the STL basic_string class template.
+ *
+ * The standard library "string" type is actually a typedef for
+ * "basic_string<..long argument list..>".  This string class is
+ * simply a subclass of this type with the same interface so that the
+ * name is shorter in debugging symbols and error messages.
+ */
+class String: public @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_stl::string
+{
+  /** The original string type.  */
+  typedef @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_stl::string stl_string;
+
+public:
+
+  /** String member types.  */
+  typedef stl_string::value_type             value_type;
+  typedef stl_string::pointer                pointer;
+  typedef stl_string::reference              reference;
+  typedef stl_string::const_reference        const_reference;
+  typedef stl_string::size_type              size_type;
+  typedef stl_string::difference_type        difference_type;
+  typedef stl_string::iterator               iterator;
+  typedef stl_string::const_iterator         const_iterator;
+  typedef stl_string::reverse_iterator       reverse_iterator;
+  typedef stl_string::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;
+
+  /** String constructors.  */
+  String(): stl_string() {}
+  String(const value_type* s): stl_string(s) {}
+  String(const value_type* s, size_type n): stl_string(s, n) {}
+  String(const stl_string& s, size_type pos=0, size_type n=npos):
+    stl_string(s, pos, n) {}
+}; // End Class: String
+
+#if defined(__WATCOMC__)
+inline bool operator<(String const& l, String const& r)
+  {
+  return (static_cast<@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_stl::string const&>(l) <
+          static_cast<@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_stl::string const&>(r));
+  }
+#endif
+
+} // namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
+
+#endif