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#ifndef _WOLFRAME_TYPES_SECURE_STRING_HPP_INCLUDED
#define _WOLFRAME_TYPES_SECURE_STRING_HPP_INCLUDED
#include <string>

namespace _Wolframe {
namespace types {

class SecureString
        :public std::string
{
public:
        SecureString(){}
        SecureString( const std::string& o)
                :std::string(o){}

        ~SecureString()
        {
                eraseContent();
        }
        void clear()
        {
                eraseContent();
                std::string::clear();
        }

private:
        void eraseContent()
        {
                std::string::iterator si = begin(), se = end();
                for (; si != se; ++si) *si = '\0';
        }
};

}}//namespace
#endif