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+#ifndef IOTSTRING_H
+#define IOTSTRING_H
+
+#include "array.h"
+
+/**
+ * IoTString wraps the underlying char string.
+ * @author Brian Demsky <bdemsky@uci.edu>
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+
+public class IoTString {
+ private:
+ Array<char> array;
+
+ IoTString() {}
+
+ /**
+ * Builds an IoTString object around the char array. This
+ * constructor makes a copy, so the caller is free to modify the char array.
+ */
+
+ public:
+ IoTString(Array<char> * _array) { array.init(_array); }
+ ~IoTString() {}
+
+ /**
+ * Internal method to grab a reference to our char array. Caller
+ * must not modify it.
+ */
+
+ Array<char> * internalBytes() { return &array; }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a copy of the underlying char string.
+ */
+
+ Array<char> * getBytes() { return new Array<Char>(&array); }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the length in chars of the IoTString.
+ */
+
+ int length() { return array->length(); }
+}
+#endif