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package com.hfg.citation.ncbi;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import com.hfg.util.CompareUtil;

/**
 Qualifier term for a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH®) value. MeSH headings are used to characterize
 the contents of MEDLINE citations.
 
 @author J. Alex Taylor, hairyfatguy.com
 
 */
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// com.hfg XML/HTML Coding Library
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
//
// J. Alex Taylor, President, Founder, CEO, COO, CFO, OOPS hairyfatguy.com
// [email protected]
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

public class MeshQualifier implements Comparable
{
   private String  mValue;
   private String  mUniqueIdentifier;
   private Boolean mIsMajorTopic;


   //###########################################################################
   // CONSTRUCTORS
   //###########################################################################

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   public MeshQualifier(String inValue)
   {
      mValue = inValue;
   }

   //###########################################################################
   // PUBLIC METHODS
   //###########################################################################

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   @Override
   public String toString()
   {
      return getValue();
   }

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object inObj2)
   {
      return (0 == compareTo(inObj2));
   }

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   @Override
   public int hashCode()
   {
      int result = 1;

      if (getValue() != null)
      {
         result = getValue().hashCode();
      }

      return result;
   }

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   @Override
   public int compareTo(Object inObj2)
   {
      int result = -1;

      if (inObj2 != null
          && inObj2 instanceof MeshQualifier)
      {
         result = CompareUtil.compare(getValue(), ((MeshQualifier) inObj2).getValue());
      }

      return result;
   }



   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   public String getValue()
   {
      return mValue;
   }


   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   public MeshQualifier setUniqueIdentifier(String inValue)
   {
      mUniqueIdentifier = inValue;
      return this;
   }

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   public String getUniqueIdentifier()
   {
      return mUniqueIdentifier;
   }


   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   public MeshQualifier setIsMajorTopic(boolean inValue)
   {
      mIsMajorTopic = inValue;
      return this;
   }

   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   public Boolean isMajorTopic()
   {
      return mIsMajorTopic;
   }


}