StringType.java

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package org.mmtk.harness.lang.type;

import org.mmtk.harness.lang.runtime.StringValue;
import org.mmtk.harness.lang.runtime.Value;

/**
 * The builtin <code>string</code> type
 */
public class StringType extends AbstractType {

  StringType() {
    super("string");
  }

  /**
   * @see org.mmtk.harness.lang.type.Type#initialValue()
   */
  @Override
  public Value initialValue() {
    return new StringValue("");
  }
}