Named.h

// -*- C++ -*-
//
// Named.h is a part of ThePEG - Toolkit for HEP Event Generation
// Copyright (C) 1999-2019 Leif Lonnblad
//
// ThePEG is licenced under version 3 of the GPL, see COPYING for details.
// Please respect the MCnet academic guidelines, see GUIDELINES for details.
//
#ifndef ThePEG_Named_H
#define ThePEG_Named_H
// This is the declaration of the Named class.
 
 
#include <string>
 
namespace ThePEG {
 
class Named {
 
public:
 
  Named(const string & newName = string()) 
    : theName(newName) {}
 
  Named(const Named & ) = default;
  
  const string & name() const { return theName; }
 
  bool operator == (const Named & other) const { 
    return theName == other.name(); 
  }
 
  bool operator < (const Named & other) const { 
    return theName < other.name(); 
  }
 
protected:
 
  const Named & operator = (const Named & other) {
    if (this != &other)
      theName = other.name(); 
    return *this; 
  }
 
  const string & name(const string & newName) { 
    return theName = newName; 
  } 
 
private:
 
  string theName;
 
};
 
}
 
#endif /* ThePEG_Named_H */