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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, United States Government, as represented by the
+ * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The Java Pathfinder core (jpf-core) platform is licensed under the
+ * Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. 
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License 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 gov.nasa.jpf.util.script;
+
+import gov.nasa.jpf.util.Misc;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * this script element is just a way to do logical partitioning of scripts
+ * and doesn't bear any additional info than just an id. It is an optional element
+ */
+public class Section extends ScriptElementContainer {
+
+  ArrayList<String> ids = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+  public Section (ScriptElement parent, String id) {
+    super(parent,0);
+    this.ids.add(id);
+  }
+
+  public Section (ScriptElement parent, List<String> ids, int line) {
+    super(parent, line);
+    this.ids.addAll(ids);
+  }
+
+  public List<String> getIds() {
+    return ids;
+  }
+
+  public boolean containsId (String id) {
+    return ids.contains(id);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return super.toString( Misc.toString(ids, "SECTION ", ",", null));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void process (ElementProcessor proc) {
+    proc.process(this);
+  }
+
+}