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diff --git a/lib/puppet/string/option.rb b/lib/puppet/string/option.rb
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+class Puppet::String::Option
+  attr_reader :name, :string
+
+  def initialize(string, name, attrs = {})
+    raise "#{name.inspect} is an invalid option name" unless name.to_s =~ /^[a-z]\w*$/
+    @string = string
+    @name   = name.to_sym
+    attrs.each do |k,v| send("#{k}=", v) end
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    @name.to_s.tr('_', '-')
+  end
+
+  Types = [:boolean, :string]
+  def type
+    @type ||= :boolean
+  end
+  def type=(input)
+    value = begin input.to_sym rescue nil end
+    Types.include?(value) or raise ArgumentError, "#{input.inspect} is not a valid type"
+    @type = value
+  end
+end