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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a variable.
+ *
+ * $var = new Variable('a');
+ *
+ * will be dumped as
+ *
+ * $a
+ *
+ * by the PHP dumper.
+ *
+ * @author Johannes M. Schmitt <schmittjoh@gmail.com>
+ */
+class Variable
+{
+ private $name;
+
+ /**
+ * @param string $name
+ */
+ public function __construct($name)
+ {
+ $this->name = $name;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Converts the object to a string.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ public function __toString()
+ {
+ return $this->name;
+ }
+}