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package org.apache.solr.search;

/** @lucene.internal */
public abstract class MutableValue implements Comparable {
  protected boolean exists = true;

  public abstract void copy(MutableValue source);
  public abstract MutableValue duplicate();
  public abstract boolean equalsSameType(Object other);
  public abstract int compareSameType(Object other);
  public abstract Object toObject();

  public boolean exists() {
    return exists;
  }

  public int compareTo(Object other) {
    Class c1 = this.getClass();
    Class c2 = other.getClass();
    if (c1 != c2) {
      int c = c1.hashCode() - c2.hashCode();
      if (c == 0) {
        c = c1.getCanonicalName().compareTo(c2.getCanonicalName());
      }
      return c;
    }
    return compareSameType(other);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object other) {
    Class c1 = this.getClass();
    Class c2 = other.getClass();
    return (c1 == c2) ? this.equalsSameType(other) : false;
  }

  public abstract int hashCode();

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return exists() ? toObject().toString() : "(null)";
  }
}