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#ifndef _PATH_
#define _PATH_

#include <string>
#include <vector>


class Path : public std::string
{
public:
     static const char PATH_DELIM;

     Path() { *this += PATH_DELIM; }
     Path(const char* path) : std::string(path) {}
     Path(const std::string &path) : std::string(path) {}
     
      Path(const std::vector<std::string> &compV);

     void appendComponent(const std::string &comp);

     void appendExtension(const std::string &ext);

     void deleteLastComponent();

     void deleteExtension();

     void expandTilde();

     void abbreviateWithTilde();
     
     const bool isAbsolute() const { return operator[](0) == PATH_DELIM; }

     const std::vector<std::string> getComponents() const;

     const std::string getLastComponent() const;

     const std::string getExtension() const;
};

#endif

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