/* JdwpId.java -- base class for all object ID types
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package gnu.classpath.jdwp.id;

import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;

/**
 * A baseclass for all object types reported to the debugger
 *
 * @author Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
 */
public abstract class JdwpId
{
  /**
   * The size of an ID. The default is 8 bytes (a long).
   */
   public static final int SIZE = 8;

  /**
   * ID assigned to this object
   */
  protected long _id;

  /**
   * Tag of ID's type (see {@link gnu.classpath.jdwp.JdwpConstants.Tag})
   * for object-like IDs or the type tag (see {@link
   * gnu.classpath.jdwp.JdwpConstants.TypeTag}) for reference type IDs.
   */
  private byte _tag;

  /**
   * The object/class represented by this Id
   */
  protected SoftReference _reference;

  /**
   * Constructs an empty <code>JdwpId</code>
   */
  public JdwpId (byte tag)
  {
    _tag = tag;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the id for this object reference
   */
  public void setId (long id)
  {
    _id = id;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the id for this object reference
   */
  public long getId ()
  {
    return _id;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the object/class reference for this ID
   *
   * @returns a refernce to the object or class
   */
  public SoftReference getReference ()
  {
    return _reference;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the object/class reference for this ID
   *
   * @param ref a refernce to the object or class
   */
  public void setReference (SoftReference ref)
  {
    _reference = ref;
  }

  /**
   * Compares two object ids for equality. Two object ids
   * are equal if they point to the same type and contain to
   * the same id number. 
   */
  public boolean equals (JdwpId id)
  {
    return (id.getId () == getId ());
  }

  /**
   * Writes the contents of this type to the <code>DataOutputStream</code>
   * @param  outStream    the <code>DataOutputStream</code> to use
   * @throws IOException  when an error occurs on the <code>OutputStream</code>
   */
  public abstract void write (DataOutputStream outStream)
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Writes the contents of this type to the output stream, preceded
   * by a one-byte tag for tagged object IDs or type tag for
   * reference type IDs.
   *
   * @param  outStream    the <code>DataOutputStream</code> to use
   * @throws IOException  when an error occurs on the <code>OutputStream</code>
   */
  public void writeTagged (DataOutputStream outStream)
    throws IOException
  {
    outStream.writeByte (_tag);
    write (outStream);
  }
}