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package javax.print.attribute;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * @author Michael Koch
 */
public abstract class EnumSyntax implements Cloneable, Serializable
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -2739521845085831642L;
  
  private int value;

  /**
   * Creates a <code>EnumSyntax</code> object.
   *
   * @param value the value to set
   */
  protected EnumSyntax(int value)
  {
    this.value = value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the value of this object.
   *
   * @return the value
   */
  public int getValue()
  {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Clones this object.
   *
   * @return a clone of this object
   */
  public Object clone()
  {
    try
      {
        return super.clone();
      }
    catch (CloneNotSupportedException e)
      {
        // Cannot happen as we implement java.lang.Cloneable.
        return null;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the hashcode for this object.
   *
   * @return the hashcode
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the string representation for this object.
   *
   * @return the string representation
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    int index = value - getOffset();
    String[] table = getStringTable();

    if (table != null
        && index >= 0
        && index < table.length)
      return table[index];
    
    return "" + value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a table with the enumeration values represented as strings
   * for this object.
   *
   * The default implementation just returns null.
   *
   * @return the enumeration values as strings
   */
  protected String[] getStringTable()
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a table with the enumeration values for this object.
   *
   * The default implementation just returns null.
   *
   * @return the enumeration values
   */
  protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable()
  {
    return null;
  }

  protected int getOffset()
  {
    return 0;
  }
}