Named.h

// -*- C++ -*-
//
// Named.h is a part of ThePEG - Toolkit for HEP Event Generation
// Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Leif Lonnblad
//
// ThePEG is licenced under version 2 of the GPL, see COPYING for details.
// Please respect the MCnet academic guidelines, see GUIDELINES for details.
//
#ifndef ThePEG_Named_H
#define ThePEG_Named_H
// This is the declaration of the Named class.


#include <string>

namespace ThePEG {

class Named {

public:

  Named(const string & newName = string()) 
    : theName(newName) {}

  const string & name() const { return theName; }

  bool operator == (const Named & other) const 
  { 
    return theName == other.name(); 
  }

  bool operator < (const Named & other) const 
  { 
    return theName < other.name(); 
  }

protected:

  const Named & operator = (const Named & other) 
  { 
    if (this != &other)
      theName = other.name(); 
    return *this; 
  }

  const string & name(const string & newName) 
  { 
    return theName = newName; 
  } 

private:

  string theName;

};

}

#endif /* ThePEG_Named_H */

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