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package com.adobe.versioncue.nativecomm.msg;

/**
 * @author Timo Naroska
 * @version $Revision: #1 $
 */
public final class NCString extends NCType
{
	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Variables

	/** String value */
	private final String value;

	// -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Constructor

	/**
	 * Create a NCString instance.
	 * 
	 * @param value String value of the created instance
	 */
	public NCString(String value)
	{
		// == PRE-CONDITION ========================================================================
		if (value == null)
			throw new NullPointerException("value can't be null");
		// == PRE-CONDITION ========================================================================

		this.value = value;
	}

	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Methods

	/**
	 * Returns the String value of this object
	 * 
	 * @return String value of this object
	 */
	public String string()
	{
		return value;
	}

	@Override
	public int getType()
	{
		return TYPE_STRING;
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode()
	{
		return value.hashCode();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object other)
	{
		if (other != null && other instanceof NCString)
		{
			NCString otherString = (NCString) other;
			return value.equals(otherString.value);
		}
		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString()
	{
		return "NCString <" + value + ">";
	}
}