text: /**
   * @fileoverview A wrapper for strings.
   */
  
  goog.provide('ee.String');
  
  goog.require('ee.ApiFunction');
  goog.require('ee.ComputedObject');
  goog.require('ee.rpc_node');
  
  
  
  /**
   * Constructs a new String.
   *
   * @param {string|!Object} string A string or a computed object.
   *
   * @constructor
   * @extends {ee.ComputedObject}
   * @export
   */
  ee.String = function(string) {
    // Constructor safety.
    if (!(this instanceof ee.String)) {
      return ee.ComputedObject.construct(ee.String, arguments);
    } else if (string instanceof ee.String) {
      return string;
    }
  
    ee.String.initialize();
  
    /**
     * The internal rerpresentation of this string.
     *
     * @type {string?}
     * @private
     */
    this.string_;
  
    if (typeof (string) === 'string') {
      ee.String.base(this, 'constructor', null, null);
      this.string_ = /** @type {string} */ (string);
    } else if (string instanceof ee.ComputedObject) {
      this.string_ = null;
      if (string.func && string.func.getSignature()['returns'] == 'String') {
        // If it's a call that's already returning a String, just cast.
        ee.String.base(this, 'constructor', string.func, string.args, string.varName);
      } else {
        ee.String.base(this, 'constructor', new ee.ApiFunction('String'), {'input': string}, null);
      }
    } else {
      throw Error('Invalid argument specified for ee.String(): ' + string);
    }
  };
  goog.inherits(ee.String, ee.ComputedObject);
  
  
  /**
   * Whether the class has been initialized with API functions.
   * @type {boolean}
   * @private
   */
  ee.String.initialized_ = false;
  
  
  /** Imports API functions to this class. */
  ee.String.initialize = function() {
    if (!ee.String.initialized_) {
      ee.ApiFunction.importApi(ee.String, 'String', 'String');
      ee.String.initialized_ = true;
    }
  };
  
  
  /** Removes imported API functions from this class. */
  ee.String.reset = function() {
    ee.ApiFunction.clearApi(ee.String);
    ee.String.initialized_ = false;
  };
  
  
  /** @override */
  ee.String.prototype.encode = function(encoder) {
    if (typeof (this.string_) === 'string') {
      return this.string_;
    } else {
      return ee.String.base(this, 'encode', encoder);
    }
  };
  
  
  /** @override */
  ee.String.prototype.encodeCloudValue = function(encoder) {
    if (typeof (this.string_) === 'string') {
      return ee.rpc_node.reference(encoder(this.string_));
    } else {
      return ee.String.base(this, 'encodeCloudValue', encoder);
    }
  };
  
  
  /** @override */
  ee.String.prototype.name = function() {
    return 'String';
  };
  