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package java.text;

/**
 * Wrapper for a text attribute value which represents an annotation. An
 * annotation has two special aspects:
 * 
 * it is connected to a range of main text; if this range or the main text
 * is changed then the annotation becomes invalid,
 * it can not be joined with adjacent annotations even if the text attribute
 * value is the same.
 * 
 * 
 * By wrapping text attribute values into an {@code Annotation}, these aspects
 * will be taken into account when handling annotation text and the
 * corresponding main text.
 * 
 * Note: There is no semantic connection between this annotation class and the
 * {@code java.lang.annotation} package.
 */
public class Annotation {

    private Object value;

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code Annotation}.
     *
     * @param attribute the attribute attached to this annotation. This may be
     *        {@code null}.
     */
    public Annotation(Object attribute) {
        value = attribute;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this annotation. The value may be {@code null}.
     *
     * @return the value of this annotation or {@code null}.
     */
    public Object getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns this annotation in string representation.
     *
     * @return the string representation of this annotation.
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getClass().getName() + "[value=" + value + ']';
    }
}