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+# Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Sebastian Thiel (byronimo@gmail.com) and contributors
+#
+# This module is part of GitDB and is released under
+# the New BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+"""Module containing information about types known to the database"""
+
+#{ String types 
+
+# For compatability only, use ObjectType instead
+str_blob_type = "blob"
+str_commit_type = "commit"
+str_tree_type = "tree"
+str_tag_type = "tag"
+
+class ObjectType(object):
+	"""Enumeration providing object types as strings and ids"""
+	blob = str_blob_type
+	commit = str_commit_type
+	tree = str_tree_type
+	tag = str_tag_type
+
+	commit_id = 1
+	tree_id = 2
+	blob_id = 3
+	tag_id = 4
+
+#} END string types