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popular .NET class library APIs developed to facilitate

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#pragma once

#include <dot/declare.hpp>

#include <dot/detail/const_string_base.hpp>

#include <dot/system/object_impl.hpp>

namespace dot

{

/// Represents a single character of a UTF-8 string.

///

/// It can be represented by a variable number of

/// bytes and is stored in std::string rather than char.

class Char : detail::const_string_base

{

typedef detail::const_string_base base;

public: // CONSTRUCTORS

/// Create from a single ASCII character.

Char(char c) : base(std::to_string(c)) {}

};

/// Wrapper around char to make it convertible to object (boxing).

class char_impl : public virtual object_impl

{

friend object;

char value_;

public: // CONSTRUCTORS

/// Create from value (box).

char_impl(char value) : value_(value) {}

public: // METHODS

/// Returns a value indicating whether this instance is equal to a specified object.

bool equals(object obj) override;

/// Returns the hash code for this instance.

virtual size_t hash_code() override;

/// Converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation.

virtual string to_string() override;

static type typeof();

type get_type() override;

};

}