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package org.apache.commons.collections4.sequence;

/**
 * Command representing the keeping of one object present in both sequences.
 * 
 * When one object of the first sequence equals another objects in
 * the second sequence at the right place, the {@link EditScript edit script}
 * transforming the first sequence into the second sequence uses an instance of
 * this class to represent the keeping of this object. The objects embedded in
 * these type of commands always come from the first sequence.
 *
 * @see SequencesComparator
 * @see EditScript
 *
 * @since 4.0
 * @version $Id: KeepCommand.java 1477760 2013-04-30 18:34:03Z tn $
 */
public class KeepCommand extends EditCommand {

    /**
     * Simple constructor. Creates a new instance of KeepCommand
     *
     * @param object  the object belonging to both sequences (the object is a
     *   reference to the instance in the first sequence which is known
     *   to be equal to an instance in the second sequence)
     */
    public KeepCommand(final T object) {
        super(object);
    }

    /**
     * Accept a visitor. When a KeepCommand accepts a visitor, it
     * calls its {@link CommandVisitor#visitKeepCommand visitKeepCommand} method.
     *
     * @param visitor  the visitor to be accepted
     */
    @Override
    public void accept(final CommandVisitor visitor) {
        visitor.visitKeepCommand(getObject());
    }
}