SAMBinaryTagAndUnsignedArrayValue.java

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package htsjdk.samtools;

/**
 * Simple extension to SAMBinaryTagAndValue in order to distinguish unsigned array values, because
 * signedness cannot be determined by introspection of value.
 *
 * @author alecw@broadinstitute.org
 */
public class SAMBinaryTagAndUnsignedArrayValue extends SAMBinaryTagAndValue {
    public SAMBinaryTagAndUnsignedArrayValue(final short tag, final Object value) {
        super(tag, value);
    }

    /** Creates and returns a deep copy of the list of tag/values. */
    public SAMBinaryTagAndValue copy() {
        final SAMBinaryTagAndValue retval = new SAMBinaryTagAndUnsignedArrayValue(this.tag, this.value);
        if (next != null) retval.next = next.copy();
        return retval;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isUnsignedArray() {
        return true;
    }
}