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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace CLab.Data
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The Type class represents a CLab type.
    /// There are two variants of Type objects:
    /// 1. Type(String typeName, ArrayList states)
    ///        contains a enumeration of valid states for the type.
    /// 2. Type(String typeName, int startOfRange, int endOfRange)
    ///        contains a set range.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class Type
    {
        private String typeName;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:Type"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="typeName">Name of the type.</param>
        public Type(String typeName)
        {
            this.typeName = typeName;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the string representation of the name of the type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>The name of the type.</value>
        public String TypeName
        {
            get { return typeName; }
            set { typeName = value; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the name of the type.
        /// </summary>
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return typeName;     
        }
    }
}