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#ifndef _STRING_POOL_H_
#define _STRING_POOL_H_

#include "HashTable.h"

class StrNode {
  int32 dummy;
};

class StringPool : private HashTable<StrNode> {
public:
  StringPool(Pool &p) : HashTable<StrNode>(p) { }
  
  /* Intern "str" if not already interned and return a pointer to
   * the interned string
   */
  const char *intern(const char *str) {
    int hashIndex;
    const char *key;
    
    if ((key = HashTable<StrNode>::get(str, 0, hashIndex)) != 0)
      return key;
    
    return add(str, node, hashIndex);
  }

  /* Returns a pointer to the interned string if it exists, NULL 
   * otherwise
   */
  const char *get(const char *str) {
    int hashIndex;

    return HashTable<StrNode>::get(str, 0, hashIndex);
  }

private:
  StrNode node;
};

#endif /* _STRING_POOL_H_ */