/**
 * Replication Benchmarker
 * https://github.com/score-team/replication-benchmarker/ Copyright (C) 2013
 * LORIA / Inria / SCORE Team
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 * version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package jbenchmarker.ot.ttf.update;

import jbenchmarker.ot.ttf.*;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * This is TTF character: couple of element and visibility flag.
 *
 * @param <T> Character
 * @author urso
 */
public class TTFUpdateChar<T> implements TTFChar<T> {

    private T character;
    private int lastId;

    /**
     * Make new visible character
     *
     * @param c character
     */
    public TTFUpdateChar(T c, int lastId) {
        this.character = c;
        this.lastId = lastId;
    }

    /**
     * check the visibility of character
     *
     * @return true if visible
     */
    public boolean isVisible() {
        return this.character != null;
    }

    /**
     * hide the character
     */
    public void set(T c, int setId) {
        this.character = c;
        this.lastId = setId;
    }

    /**
     * return the current character
     *
     * @return character
     */
    public T getContent() {
        return this.character;
    }

    /**
     * this is string representation of element The { character } is invisible.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        if (this.isVisible()) {
            return "" + this.character;
        } else {
            return "[]";
        }
    }
}