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+package org.citra.citra_emu.features.settings.model;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction for a setting item as read from / written to Citra's configuration ini files.
+ * These files generally consist of a key/value pair, though the type of value is ambiguous and
+ * must be inferred at read-time. The type of value determines which child of this class is used
+ * to represent the Setting.
+ */
+public abstract class Setting {
+    private String mKey;
+    private String mSection;
+
+    /**
+     * Base constructor.
+     *
+     * @param key     Everything to the left of the = in a line from the ini file.
+     * @param section The corresponding recent section header; e.g. [Core] or [Enhancements] without the brackets.
+     */
+    public Setting(String key, String section) {
+        mKey = key;
+        mSection = section;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The identifier used to write this setting to the ini file.
+     */
+    public String getKey() {
+        return mKey;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The name of the header under which this Setting should be written in the ini file.
+     */
+    public String getSection() {
+        return mSection;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return A representation of this Setting's backing value converted to a String (e.g. for serialization).
+     */
+    public abstract String getValueAsString();
+}