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+// Copyright 2016, University of Colorado Boulder
+
+/**
+ * wrapper type for RulerNode
+ *
+ * @author Sam Reid (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ * @author John Blanco (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ */
+define( function( require ) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  // modules
+  var assertInstanceOf = require( 'PHET_IO/assertions/assertInstanceOf' );
+  var phetioInherit = require( 'PHET_IO/phetioInherit' );
+  var phetioNamespace = require( 'PHET_IO/phetioNamespace' );
+  var TNode = require( 'PHET_IO/types/scenery/nodes/TNode' );
+
+  /**
+   * @param {RulerNode} rulerNode
+   * @param {string} phetioID
+   * @constructor
+   */
+  function TRulerNode( rulerNode, phetioID ) {
+    TNode.call( this, rulerNode, phetioID );
+    assertInstanceOf( rulerNode, phet.sceneryPhet.RulerNode );
+  }
+
+  phetioInherit( TNode, 'TRulerNode', TRulerNode, {}, {
+    documentation: 'A node with the visual appearance of a ruler'
+  } );
+
+  phetioNamespace.register( 'TRulerNode', TRulerNode );
+
+  return TRulerNode;
+} );
+