#ifndef __lnv3_string_h__
#define __lnv3_string_h__

//  ============================================================
//
//  mstring.h
//
//  Copyright 1999, Dennis Meilicke
//
//  ============================================================
//
//  Description
//
//  Minimal string class, to get around the lack of one under
//  our AIX compilers.
//
//  ============================================================
#include <string.h>  
#include <iostream.h>

class string
{
    public:
        string() { buffer[0] = '\0'; }
        string( const char* str ) { strcpy( buffer, str ); }
        char operator[]( size_t index ){ return buffer[index]; }
        short operator==( const char *str ) { return ( strcmp( buffer, str ) == 0 ); }

        friend ostream& operator << (ostream& o, const string& str);
	friend istream& operator >> (istream& i, string& str);

    private:
        char buffer[ 200 ];
};

ostream& operator<<(ostream& o, const string& s)
{
	o << s.buffer;
	return o;
}

istream& operator>>(istream& i, string& s)
{
	i >> s.buffer;
	return i;
}

#endif