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+"
+ COPYRIGHT (c) 1997 by eXept Software AG 
+	      All Rights Reserved
+
+ This software is furnished under a license and may be used
+ only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
+ inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
+ be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
+ other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
+ hereby transferred.
+
+
+"
+
+"{ Package: 'stx:libbasic' }"
+
+TwoByteString variableWordSubclass:#Unicode16String
+	instanceVariableNames:''
+	classVariableNames:''
+	poolDictionaries:''
+	category:'Collections-Text'
+!
+
+!Unicode16String class methodsFor:'documentation'!
+
+copyright
+"
+ COPYRIGHT (c) 1997 by eXept Software AG 
+	      All Rights Reserved
+
+ This software is furnished under a license and may be used
+ only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
+ inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
+ be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
+ other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
+ hereby transferred.
+
+
+"
+!
+
+documentation
+"
+    Not yet finished - unicode support is currently being implemented.
+"
+! !
+
+!Unicode16String class methodsFor:'initialization'!
+
+initialize
+    "initialize the class - private"
+
+    self flags:(Behavior flagWords)
+
+    "
+     Unicode16String initialize
+    "
+
+    "Created: 30.6.1997 / 15:35:52 / cg"
+    "Modified: 30.6.1997 / 15:39:21 / cg"
+! !
+
+!Unicode16String methodsFor:'conversion'!
+
+asSymbolIfInterned
+    |s|
+
+    Error catch:[
+        s := self asSingleByteString.
+    ].
+    s isNil ifTrue:[^ s].
+    ^ s asSymbolIfInterned
+!
+
+asUnicodeString
+    ^ self
+!
+
+printOn:aStream
+    self utf8EncodedOn:aStream
+! !
+
+!Unicode16String methodsFor:'queries'!
+
+encoding
+    "return the strings encoding as a symbol. 
+     Here, the constant symbol #unicode is returned."
+
+    ^ #unicode
+
+    "Created: 30.6.1997 / 15:39:41 / cg"
+! !
+
+!Unicode16String class methodsFor:'documentation'!
+
+version
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Unicode16String.st,v 1.1 2004-02-13 12:46:53 cg Exp $'
+! !
+
+Unicode16String initialize!