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 * $Id: Type.java,v 1.1 2010/06/18 16:47:43 smhuang Exp $
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 * Date         Author  Changes
 * 02/26/2000   jimm    Created
 */


package org.exolab.jms.message;


import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;


/**
 * Wrapper for JMSType
 *
 * @version     $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2010/06/18 16:47:43 $
 * @author      <a href="mailto:mourikis@exolab.org">Jim Mourikis</a>
 */
public class Type implements Externalizable {

    // Version Id used for streaming
    static final long serialVersionUID = 1;

    private String type_;

    public Type() {

    }

    public Type(String type) {
        type_ = type;
    }

    // Marshall out
    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
        out.writeLong(serialVersionUID);
        out.writeInt(type_.length());
        out.writeChars(type_);
    }


    // Marshall in
    public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
        throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        long version = in.readLong();
        if (version == serialVersionUID) {
            int len = in.readInt();
            int i;
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(len);
            for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                buf.append(in.readChar());
            }
            type_ = buf.toString();
        } else {
            throw new IOException("Incorrect version enountered: " +
                version + " This version = " +
                serialVersionUID);
        }
    }

    public String getType() {
        return type_;
    }

    // Comparisons
    public boolean isEqual(Type toCompare) {
        return (type_.equals(toCompare.type_));
    }
}

