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/*
 *  Copyright 2010 casp.
 * 
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 *  under the License.
 */
package eu.stratosphere.nephele.event.task;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;

import eu.stratosphere.core.io.StringRecord;

/**
 * This class provides a simple implementation of an event that holds a string value.
 * 
 */
public class StringTaskEvent extends AbstractTaskEvent {

	/**
	 * The string encapsulated by this event.
	 */
	private String message = null;

	/**
	 * The default constructor implementation. It should only be used for deserialization.
	 */
	public StringTaskEvent() {
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a new string task event with the given string message.
	 * 
	 * @param message
	 *        the string message that shall be stored in this event
	 */
	public StringTaskEvent(final String message) {
		this.message = message;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the stored string.
	 * 
	 * @return the stored string or <code>null</code> if no string is set
	 */
	public String getString() {
		return this.message;
	}


	@Override
	public void write(final DataOutput out) throws IOException {

		StringRecord.writeString(out, this.message);
	}


	@Override
	public void read(final DataInput in) throws IOException {

		this.message = StringRecord.readString(in);
	}


	@Override
	public int hashCode() {

		if (this.message == null) {
			return 0;
		}

		return this.message.hashCode();
	}


	@Override
	public boolean equals(final Object obj) {

		if (!(obj instanceof StringTaskEvent)) {
			return false;
		}

		final StringTaskEvent ste = (StringTaskEvent) obj;

		if (this.message == null) {
			if (ste.getString() == null) {
				return true;
			}

			return false;
		}

		return this.message.equals(ste.getString());
	}
}