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package org.apache.commons.lang.mutable;

/**
 * A mutable <code>byte</code> wrapper.
 * 
 * @see Byte
 * @since 2.1
 * @version $Id: MutableByte.java,v 1.1.1.1 2007/07/23 16:01:53 chm Exp $
 */
public class MutableByte extends Number implements Comparable, Mutable {

    /** Serialization lock. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1585823265L;

    /** The mutable value. */
    private byte value;

    /**
     * Constructs a new MutableByte with the default value of zero.
     */
    public MutableByte() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new MutableByte with the specified value.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            a value.
     */
    public MutableByte(byte value) {
        super();
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new MutableByte with the specified value.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            a value.
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             if the object is null
     */
    public MutableByte(Number value) {
        super();
        this.value = value.byteValue();
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Gets the value as a Byte instance.
     * 
     * @return the value as a Byte
     */
    public Object getValue() {
        return new Byte(this.value);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the value to set
     */
    public void setValue(byte value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value from any Number instance.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the value to set
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             if the object is null
     * @throws ClassCastException
     *             if the type is not a {@link Number}
     */
    public void setValue(Object value) {
        setValue(((Number) value).byteValue());
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // shortValue relies on Number implementation
    /**
     * Returns the value of this MutableByte as a byte.
     *
     * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type byte.
     */
    public byte byteValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this MutableByte as a int.
     *
     * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type int.
     */
    public int intValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this MutableByte as a long.
     *
     * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type long.
     */
    public long longValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this MutableByte as a float.
     *
     * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type float.
     */
    public float floatValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of this MutableByte as a double.
     *
     * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type double.
     */
    public double doubleValue() {
        return value;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Compares this object against the specified object. The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument
     * is not <code>null</code> and is a <code>MutableByte</code> object that contains the same <code>byte</code>
     * value as this object.
     * 
     * @param obj
     *            the object to compare with.
     * @return <code>true</code> if the objects are the same; <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj instanceof MutableByte) {
            return value == ((MutableByte) obj).byteValue();
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a suitable hashcode for this mutable.
     * 
     * @return a suitable hashcode
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Compares this mutable to another in ascending order.
     * 
     * @param obj
     *            the mutable to compare to
     * @return negative if this is less, zero if equal, positive if greater
     * @throws ClassCastException if the argument is not a MutableByte
     */
    public int compareTo(Object obj) {
        MutableByte other = (MutableByte) obj;
        byte anotherVal = other.value;
        return value < anotherVal ? -1 : (value == anotherVal ? 0 : 1);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the String value of this mutable.
     * 
     * @return the mutable value as a string
     */
    public String toString() {
        return String.valueOf(value);
    }

}
