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/*
 * Created on Feb 27, 2004
 *
 * The MIT License
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Rob Rohan
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
 * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 
 * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation 
 * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software 
 * is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
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 * SOFTWARE.
 */
package cfml.dictionary;

/**
 * @author Rob
 * 
 *         This is really just a string wrapper. Its a possible value for an attribute its only here to abstract it a
 *         bit and to give some room to play for future additions
 */
public class Value implements Comparable {
	protected String value;
	protected String help;
	
	public Value(String val) {
		value = val;
	}
	
	/**
	 * gets this values value
	 * 
	 * @return the value
	 */
	public String getValue() {
		return value;
	}
	
	public void setValue(String newValue) {
		value = newValue;
	}
	
	public String getHelp() {
		return help;
	}
	
	public void setHelp(String help) {
		this.help = help;
	}
	
	public String toString() {
		return value;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Checks to see if the passed object is equal to this value
	 */
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (obj instanceof Value) {
			// if the name is the same and the type is the same
			// assume its the same
			if (((Value) obj).getValue().equals(this.value)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		
		return false;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Compares the passed object to this value
	 */
	public int compareTo(Object o) {
		if (o == null)
			throw new NullPointerException("Object o that I am comparing with is null!");
		
		if (o instanceof Value) {
			return value.compareTo(((Value) o).getValue());
		}
		
		return 0;
	}
	
}




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