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package org.jruby.ast;

import java.util.List;

import org.jruby.ast.types.ILiteralNode;
import org.jruby.ast.visitor.NodeVisitor;
import org.jruby.evaluator.Instruction;
import org.jruby.lexer.yacc.ISourcePosition;
import org.jruby.util.ByteList;

/** Representing a simple String literal.
 *
 * @author  jpetersen
 */
public class StrNode extends Node implements ILiteralNode {
    static final long serialVersionUID = 4544779503072130759L;

    private final ByteList value;

    public StrNode(ISourcePosition position, ByteList value) {
        super(position, NodeTypes.STRNODE);
        this.value = value;
    }

    public StrNode(ISourcePosition position, StrNode head, StrNode tail) {
        super(position, NodeTypes.STRNODE);
        
        this.value = head.getValue();
        
        value.append(tail.getValue());
    }
    /**
     * Accept for the visitor pattern.
     * @param iVisitor the visitor
     **/
    public Instruction accept(NodeVisitor iVisitor) {
        return iVisitor.visitStrNode(this);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value.
     * @return Returns a String
     */
    public ByteList getValue() {
        return value;
    }
    
    public List childNodes() {
        return EMPTY_LIST;
    }

}