#ifndef PROTON_SYMBOL_HPP
#define PROTON_SYMBOL_HPP

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#include <string>

namespace proton {

/// A std::string that represents the AMQP symbol type.
///
/// A symbol can only contain 7-bit ASCII characters.
class symbol : public std::string {
  public:
    /// Construct from a std::string.
    symbol(const std::string& s=std::string()) : std::string(s) {}

    /// Construct from a C string.
    symbol(const char* s) : std::string(s) {}

    /// Construct from any sequence of char.
    template<class Iter> symbol(Iter start, Iter finish) : std::string(start, finish) {}
};

} // proton

#endif // PROTON_SYMBOL_HPP
