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// Copyright (c) 1998, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
package oracle.toplink.essentials.indirection;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
*
* Purpose: Act as a place holder for a variable that required a value holder interface.
* This class should be used to initialze an objects attributes that are using indirection is their mappings.
*/
public class ValueHolder implements ValueHolderInterface, Cloneable, Serializable {
/**
* Stores the wrapped object.
*/
protected Object value;
/**
* PUBLIC:
* Initialize the holder.
*/
public ValueHolder() {
super();
}
/**
* PUBLIC:
* Initialize the holder with an object.
*/
public ValueHolder(Object value) {
this.value = value;
}
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public Object clone() {
try {
return super.clone();
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException exception) {
;
}
return null;
}
/**
* PUBLIC:
* Return the wrapped object.
*/
public synchronized Object getValue() {
return value;
}
/**
* PUBLIC:
* Return a boolean indicating whether the
* wrapped object has been set or not.
*/
public boolean isInstantiated() {
// Always return true since we consider
// null to be a valid wrapped object.
return true;
}
/**
* PUBLIC:
* Set the wrapped object.
*/
public void setValue(Object value) {
this.value = value;
}
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public String toString() {
if (getValue() == null) {
return "{" + null + "}";
}
return "{" + getValue().toString() + "}";
}
}