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A Java implementation of the Amazon Ion data notation.

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/*
 * Copyright 2007-2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * A copy of the License is located at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
 * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
 * express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

package com.amazon.ion;

/**
 * An Ion string value.
 * 
 * WARNING: This interface should not be implemented or extended by
 * code outside of this library.
 */
public interface IonString
    extends IonText
{
    /**
     * Gets the characters of this string.
     *
     * @return the text of the string, or null if this is
     * null.string.
     */
    public String stringValue();

    /**
     * Changes the value of this string.
     *
     * @param value the new value of this string;
     * may be null to make this null.string.
     */
    public void setValue(String value);

    public IonString clone()
        throws UnknownSymbolException;
}