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package org.openhab.core.library.types;

import org.openhab.core.types.Command;
import org.openhab.core.types.State;
import org.openhab.core.types.PrimitiveType;

public class StringType implements PrimitiveType, State, Command {

	public final static StringType EMPTY = new StringType();
	
	private String value;

	public StringType() {
		this.value = "";
	};
	
	public StringType(String value) {
		this.value = value;
	}
	
	public String toString() {
		return value;
	}
	
	public static StringType valueOf(String value) {
		return new StringType(value);
	}

	public String format(String pattern) {
		return String.format(pattern, value);
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		final int prime = 31;
		int result = 1;
		result = prime * result + ((value == null) ? 0 : value.hashCode());
		return result;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (this == obj)
			return true;
		if (obj == null)
			return false;
		if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
			return false;
		StringType other = (StringType) obj;
		if (value == null) {
			if (other.value != null)
				return false;
		} else if (!value.equals(other.value))
			return false;
		return true;
	}
	

}

@@ -2234,24 +2234,90 @@
 urn false;%0D%0A
+%09%09if(obj instanceof String) %7B%0D%0A%09%09%09return obj.equals(value);%0D%0A%09%09%7D%0D%0A
 %09%09if (getCla

allow equality check of StringType with java.lang.String