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package org.apache.jackrabbit.value;

import javax.jcr.PropertyType;
import javax.jcr.ValueFormatException;

/**
 * A StringValue provides an implementation
 * of the Value interface representing a string value.
 */
public class StringValue extends BaseValue {

    public static final int TYPE = PropertyType.STRING;

    private final String text;

    /**
     * Constructs a StringValue object representing a string.
     *
     * @param text the string this StringValue should represent
     */
    public StringValue(String text) {
        super(TYPE);
        this.text = text;
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
     * 
     * The result is true if and only if the argument is not
     * null and is a StringValue object that
     * represents the same value as this object.
     *
     * @param obj the reference object with which to compare.
     * @return true if this object is the same as the obj
     *         argument; false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj) {
            return true;
        }
        if (obj instanceof StringValue) {
            StringValue other = (StringValue) obj;
            if (text == other.text) {
                return true;
            } else if (text != null && other.text != null) {
                return text.equals(other.text);
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns zero to satisfy the Object equals/hashCode contract.
     * This class is mutable and not meant to be used as a hash key.
     *
     * @return always zero
     * @see Object#hashCode()
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return 0;
    }

    //------------------------------------------------------------< BaseValue >
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    protected String getInternalString() throws ValueFormatException {
        if (text != null) {
            return text;
        } else {
            throw new ValueFormatException("empty value");
        }
    }
}