OtpErlangChar.java

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package com.ericsson.otp.erlang;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Provides a Java representation of Erlang integral types.
 */
public class OtpErlangChar extends OtpErlangLong implements Serializable,
        Cloneable {
    // don't change this!
    static final long serialVersionUID = 3225337815669398204L;

    /**
     * Create an Erlang integer from the given value.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the char value to use.
     */
    public OtpErlangChar(final char c) {
        super(c);
    }

    /**
     * Create an Erlang integer from a stream containing an integer encoded in
     * Erlang external format.
     * 
     * @param buf
     *            the stream containing the encoded value.
     * 
     * @exception OtpErlangDecodeException
     *                if the buffer does not contain a valid external
     *                representation of an Erlang integer.
     * 
     * @exception OtpErlangRangeException
     *                if the value is too large to be represented as a char.
     */
    public OtpErlangChar(final OtpInputStream buf)
            throws OtpErlangRangeException, OtpErlangDecodeException {
        super(buf);

        final char i = charValue();
    }
}