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 * Copyright 2010-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package kotlin

/**
 * The `String` class represents character strings. All string literals in Kotlin programs, such as `"abc"`, are
 * implemented as instances of this class.
 */
public class String : Comparable, CharSequence {
    companion object {}
    
    /**
     * Returns a string obtained by concatenating this string with the string representation of the given [other] object.
     */
    public operator fun plus(other: Any?): String

    public override val length: Int

    public override fun get(index: Int): Char

    public override fun subSequence(startIndex: Int, endIndex: Int): CharSequence

    public override fun compareTo(other: String): Int
}