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/*
 * Copyright 2007 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
package com.google.appengine.api.datastore;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * {@code Text} wraps around a string of unlimited size.
 *
 * Ordinary Java strings stored as properties in {@code Entity}
 * objects are limited to 500 characters.  However, {@code Text}
 * objects can also be stored in properties, and are unlimited in
 * size.  However, they will not be indexed for query purposes.
 *
 */
public final class Text implements Serializable {

  public static final long serialVersionUID = -8389037235415462280L;

  private String value;

  /**
   * This constructor exists for frameworks (e.g. Google Web Toolkit)
   * that require it for serialization purposes.  It should not be
   * called explicitly.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
  private Text() {
  }

  /**
   * Construct a new {@code Text} object with the specified value.
   * This object cannot be modified after construction.
   */
  public Text(String value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  /**
   * Return the value of this {@code Text}.  Can be {@code null}.
   */
  public String getValue() {
    return value;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    if (value == null) {
      return -1;
    }
    return value.hashCode();
  }

  /**
   * Two {@code Text} objects are considered equal if their content
   * strings match exactly.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object object) {
    if (object instanceof Text) {
      Text key = (Text) object;
      if (value == null) {
        return key.value == null;
      }
      return value.equals(key.value);
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the first 70 characters of the underlying string.
   */
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    if (value == null) {
      return "";
    }
    String text = value;
    if (text.length() > 70) {
      text = text.substring(0, 70) + "...";
    }
    return "";
  }
}