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 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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package com.sun.syndication.feed.rss;

import com.sun.syndication.feed.impl.ObjectBean;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Bean for item descriptions of RSS feeds.
 * <p>
 * @author Alejandro Abdelnur
 *
 */
public class Description implements Cloneable,Serializable {
    private ObjectBean _objBean;
    private String _type;
    private String _value;

    /**
     * Default constructor. All properties are set to <b>null</b>.
     * <p>
     *
     */
    public Description() {
        _objBean = new ObjectBean(this.getClass(),this);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a deep 'bean' clone of the object.
     * <p>
     * @return a clone of the object.
     * @throws CloneNotSupportedException thrown if an element of the object cannot be cloned.
     *
     */
    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return _objBean.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one as defined by the Object equals() method.
     * <p>
     * @param other he reference object with which to compare.
     * @return <b>true</b> if 'this' object is equal to the 'other' object.
     *
     */
    public boolean equals(Object other) {
        return _objBean.equals(other);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hashcode value for the object.
     * <p>
     * It follows the contract defined by the Object hashCode() method.
     * <p>
     * @return the hashcode of the bean object.
     *
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return _objBean.hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the String representation for the object.
     * <p>
     * @return String representation for the object.
     *
     */
    public String toString() {
        return _objBean.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the description type.
     * <p>
     * @return the description type, <b>null</b> if none.
     *
     */
    public String getType() {
        return _type;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the description type.
     * <p>
     * @param type the description type to set, <b>null</b> if none.
     *
     */
    public void setType(String type) {
        _type = type;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the description value.
     * <p>
     * @return the description value, <b>null</b> if none.
     *
     */
    public String getValue() {
        return _value;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the description value.
     * <p>
     * @param value the description value to set, <b>null</b> if none.
     *
     */
    public void setValue(String value) {
        _value = value;
    }

}
