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package org.glassfish.pfl.basic.contain ;

/** Type safe holder that can hold any non-primitive type.
 * Useful for out parameters and passing arguments that need
 * to be set later.
 */
public class Holder 
{
    private transient T _content ;

    public Holder( final T content ) 
    {
	this._content = content ;
    }

    public Holder()
    {
	this( null ) ;
    }

    public T content()
    {
	return _content ;
    }

    public void content( final T content ) 
    {
	this._content = content ;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals( Object obj )
    {
	if (!(obj instanceof Holder)) {
            return false;
        }

	Holder other = Holder.class.cast( obj ) ;

	return _content.equals( other.content() ) ;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode()
    {
	return _content.hashCode() ;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() 
    {
	return "Holder[" + _content + "]" ;
    }
}