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+// Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.search.pagetemplates.model;
+
+/**
+ * The layout of a section
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:bratseth@yahoo-inc.com">Jon Bratseth</a>
+ */
+// This is not made an enum, to allow the value set to be extendible.
+// It is not explicitly made immutable
+// to enable adding of internal state later (esp. parameters).
+// If this becomes mutable, the creation scheme must be changed
+// such that each fromString returns a unique instance, and
+// the name must become a (immutable) type.
+public class Layout {
+
+    /** The built in "column" layout */
+    public static final Layout column=new Layout("column");
+    /** The built in "row" layout */
+    public static final Layout row=new Layout("row");
+
+    private String name;
+
+    public Layout(String name) {
+        this.name=name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() { return name; }
+
+    public @Override int hashCode() { return name.hashCode(); }
+
+    public @Override boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (o==this) return true;
+        if (! (o instanceof Layout)) return false;
+        Layout other=(Layout)o;
+        return this.name.equals(other.name);
+    }
+
+    /** Returns a layout having this string as name, or null if the given string is null or empty */
+    public static Layout fromString(String layout) {
+        //if (layout==null) return null;
+        //if (layout)
+        if (layout.equals("column")) return column;
+        if (layout.equals("row")) return row;
+        return new Layout(layout);
+    }
+
+    public @Override String toString() { return "layout '" + name + "'"; }
+
+}