/*
 * This class was automatically generated with 
 * <a href="http://www.castor.org">Castor 1.1</a>, using an XML
 * Schema.
 * $Id$
 */

package uk.ac.vamsas.objects.core;

  //---------------------------------/
 //- Imported classes and packages -/
//---------------------------------/

import org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.Unmarshaller;

/**
 * Class Param.
 * 
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class Param extends uk.ac.vamsas.client.Vobject 
implements java.io.Serializable
{


      //--------------------------/
     //- Class/Member Variables -/
    //--------------------------/

    /**
     * internal content storage
     */
    private java.lang.String _content = "";

    /**
     * Field _name.
     */
    private java.lang.String _name;

    /**
     * The type specifies how the property will be parsed.
     *  Empty property strings are allowed, and can be used to
     * prototype the
     *  input to a document. TODO: specify allowed types 
     */
    private java.lang.String _type;


      //----------------/
     //- Constructors -/
    //----------------/

    public Param() {
        super();
        setContent("");
    }


      //-----------/
     //- Methods -/
    //-----------/

    /**
     * Overrides the java.lang.Object.equals method.
     * 
     * @param obj
     * @return true if the objects are equal.
     */
    public boolean equals(
            final java.lang.Object obj) {
        if ( this == obj )
            return true;
        
        if (super.equals(obj)==false)
            return false;
        
        if (obj instanceof Param) {
        
            Param temp = (Param)obj;
            boolean thcycle;
            boolean tmcycle;
            if (this._content != null) {
                if (temp._content == null) return false;
                if (this._content != temp._content) {
                    thcycle=org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(this._content);
                    tmcycle=org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(temp._content);
                    if (thcycle!=tmcycle) {
                        if (!thcycle) { org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._content); };
                        if (!tmcycle) { org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._content); };
                        return false;
                    }
                    if (!thcycle) {
                        if (!this._content.equals(temp._content)) {
                            org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._content);
                            org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._content);
                            return false;
                        }
                        org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._content);
                        org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._content);
                    }
                }
            } else if (temp._content != null)
                return false;
            if (this._name != null) {
                if (temp._name == null) return false;
                if (this._name != temp._name) {
                    thcycle=org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(this._name);
                    tmcycle=org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(temp._name);
                    if (thcycle!=tmcycle) {
                        if (!thcycle) { org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._name); };
                        if (!tmcycle) { org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._name); };
                        return false;
                    }
                    if (!thcycle) {
                        if (!this._name.equals(temp._name)) {
                            org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._name);
                            org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._name);
                            return false;
                        }
                        org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._name);
                        org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._name);
                    }
                }
            } else if (temp._name != null)
                return false;
            if (this._type != null) {
                if (temp._type == null) return false;
                if (this._type != temp._type) {
                    thcycle=org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(this._type);
                    tmcycle=org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(temp._type);
                    if (thcycle!=tmcycle) {
                        if (!thcycle) { org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._type); };
                        if (!tmcycle) { org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._type); };
                        return false;
                    }
                    if (!thcycle) {
                        if (!this._type.equals(temp._type)) {
                            org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._type);
                            org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._type);
                            return false;
                        }
                        org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(this._type);
                        org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(temp._type);
                    }
                }
            } else if (temp._type != null)
                return false;
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of field 'content'. The field 'content'
     * has the following description: internal content storage
     * 
     * @return the value of field 'Content'.
     */
    public java.lang.String getContent(
    ) {
        return this._content;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of field 'name'.
     * 
     * @return the value of field 'Name'.
     */
    public java.lang.String getName(
    ) {
        return this._name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of field 'type'. The field 'type' has the
     * following description: The type specifies how the property
     * will be parsed.
     *  Empty property strings are allowed, and can be used to
     * prototype the
     *  input to a document. TODO: specify allowed types 
     * 
     * @return the value of field 'Type'.
     */
    public java.lang.String getType(
    ) {
        return this._type;
    }

    /**
     * Overrides the java.lang.Object.hashCode method.
     * <p>
     * The following steps came from <b>Effective Java Programming
     * Language Guide</b> by Joshua Bloch, Chapter 3
     * 
     * @return a hash code value for the object.
     */
    public int hashCode(
    ) {
        int result = super.hashCode();
        
        long tmp;
        if (_content != null
            && !org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(_content)) {
           result = 37 * result + _content.hashCode();
           org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(_content);
        }
        if (_name != null
            && !org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(_name)) {
           result = 37 * result + _name.hashCode();
           org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(_name);
        }
        if (_type != null
            && !org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.startingToCycle(_type)) {
           result = 37 * result + _type.hashCode();
           org.castor.util.CycleBreaker.releaseCycleHandle(_type);
        }
        
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Method isValid.
     * 
     * @return true if this object is valid according to the schema
     */
    public boolean isValid(
    ) {
        try {
            validate();
        } catch (org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException vex) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @param out
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException if object is
     * null or if any SAXException is thrown during marshaling
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     */
    public void marshal(
            final java.io.Writer out)
    throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        Marshaller.marshal(this, out);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @param handler
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an IOException occurs during
     * marshaling
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException if object is
     * null or if any SAXException is thrown during marshaling
     */
    public void marshal(
            final org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler)
    throws java.io.IOException, org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        Marshaller.marshal(this, handler);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of field 'content'. The field 'content' has
     * the following description: internal content storage
     * 
     * @param content the value of field 'content'.
     */
    public void setContent(
            final java.lang.String content) {
        this._content = content;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of field 'name'.
     * 
     * @param name the value of field 'name'.
     */
    public void setName(
            final java.lang.String name) {
        this._name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of field 'type'. The field 'type' has the
     * following description: The type specifies how the property
     * will be parsed.
     *  Empty property strings are allowed, and can be used to
     * prototype the
     *  input to a document. TODO: specify allowed types 
     * 
     * @param type the value of field 'type'.
     */
    public void setType(
            final java.lang.String type) {
        this._type = type;
    }

    /**
     * Method unmarshal.
     * 
     * @param reader
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException if object is
     * null or if any SAXException is thrown during marshaling
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     * @return the unmarshaled uk.ac.vamsas.objects.core.Param
     */
    public static uk.ac.vamsas.objects.core.Param unmarshal(
            final java.io.Reader reader)
    throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        return (uk.ac.vamsas.objects.core.Param) Unmarshaller.unmarshal(uk.ac.vamsas.objects.core.Param.class, reader);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     */
    public void validate(
    )
    throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator validator = new org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator();
        validator.validate(this);
    }

}