// be_string.h,v 1.18 2002/07/01 13:49:21 parsons Exp

// ============================================================================
//
// = LIBRARY
//    TAO IDL
//
// = FILENAME
//    be_string.h
//
// = DESCRIPTION
//    Extension of class AST_String that provides additional means for C++
//    mapping.
//
// = AUTHOR
//    Copyright 1994-1995 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
//    and
//    Aniruddha Gokhale
//
// ============================================================================

#ifndef BE_STRING_H
#define BE_STRING_H

#include "be_type.h"
#include "ast_string.h"

class AST_Expression;
class be_visitor;

class be_string : public virtual AST_String,
                  public virtual be_type
{
public:
  be_string (void);
  //  Default constructor.

  be_string (AST_Decl::NodeType nt,
             UTL_ScopedName *n,
             AST_Expression *v,
             long width);
  // Constructor.

  // Visiting.
  virtual int accept (be_visitor *visitor);

  // Cleanup.
  virtual void destroy (void);

  // Narrowing.
  DEF_NARROW_METHODS2 (be_string, AST_String, be_type);
  DEF_NARROW_FROM_DECL (be_string);

protected:
  virtual void compute_tc_name (void);
  // Overridden method to compute typecode name.
};

#endif
