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package org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures;

/**
 * NullableAttribute structure shall represent an Attribute that can be nullable. 
 */
public final class NullableAttribute implements org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Composite {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 281475027043314L;
    /**
     * The TypeId of this Element as a long.
     */
    public static final Long SHORT_FORM = 281475027043314L;
    /**
     * The TypeId of this Element.
     */
    public static final org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.TypeId TYPE_ID = new org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.TypeId(SHORT_FORM);

    /**
     * The value of the nullable attribute.
     */
    private org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Attribute value;

    /**
     * Default constructor for NullableAttribute.
     * 
     */
    public NullableAttribute() {
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that initialises the values of the structure.
     * 
     * @param value The value of the nullable attribute.
     */
    public NullableAttribute(org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Attribute value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an instance of this type using the default constructor. It is a 
     * generic factory method. 
     * 
     * @return A new instance of this type with default field values.
     */
    public org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Element createElement() {
        return new org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.NullableAttribute();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the field value.
     * 
     * @return The field value.
     */
    public org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Attribute getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the field value.
     * 
     * @param __newValue The new value.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public void setValue(org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Attribute __newValue) {
        value = __newValue;
    }

    /**
     * Compares this object to the specified object. The result is true if and 
     * only if the argument is not null and is the same type that contains the 
     * same value as this object. 
     * 
     * @param obj The object to compare with.
     * @return true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj instanceof NullableAttribute) {
            NullableAttribute other = (NullableAttribute) obj;
            if (value == null) {
                if (other.value != null) {
                    return false;
                }
            } else {
                if (! value.equals(other.value)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hash code for this object.
     * 
     * @return a hash code value for this object.
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        int hash = 7;
        hash = 83 * hash + (value != null ? value.hashCode() : 0);
        return hash;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a String object representing this type"s value.
     * 
     * @return a string representation of the value of this object.
     */
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
        buf.append("(NullableAttribute: ");
        buf.append("value=");
        buf.append(value);
        buf.append(')');
        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Encodes the value of this object using the provided MALEncoder.
     * 
     * @param encoder The encoder to use for encoding.
     * @throws org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.MALException if any encoding errors are 
     * detected. 
     */
    public void encode(org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.MALEncoder encoder) throws org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.MALException {
        encoder.encodeNullableAttribute(value);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes the value of this object using the provided MALDecoder.
     * 
     * @param decoder The decoder to use for decoding.
     * @return Returns this object.
     * @throws org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.MALException if any decoding errors are 
     * detected. 
     */
    public org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Element decode(org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.MALDecoder decoder) throws org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.MALException {
        value = (org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Attribute) decoder.decodeNullableAttribute();
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the TypeId of this element.
     * 
     * @return The TypeId of this element.
     */
    public org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.TypeId getTypeId() {
        return TYPE_ID;
    }

}