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'''
Created on 18 Aug 2013

@author: George
'''
'''
Class that acts as an abstract. It should have no instances. All the Entities should inherit from it
'''

#The entity object
class Entity(object):

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.type="Entity"
        self.name=name
        self.currentStop=None      #contains the current object that the material is in 
        self.creationTime=0
        self.startTime=0           #holds the startTime for the lifespan
        #dimension data
        self.width=1.0
        self.height=1.0
        self.length=1.0