/*
 * This class was automatically generated with 
 * <a href="http://www.castor.org">Castor 0.9.9M2</a>, using an XML
 * Schema.
 * $Id$
 */

package org.vamsas.objects.core;

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

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.Writer;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.Unmarshaller;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException;
import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;

/**
 * Class Param.
 * 
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class Param extends org.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("");
    } //-- org.vamsas.objects.core.Param()


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

    /**
     * Note: hashCode() has not been overriden
     * 
     * @param obj
     * @return boolean
     */
    public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
    {
        if ( this == obj )
            return true;
        
        if (super.equals(obj)==false)
            return false;
        
        if (obj instanceof Param) {
        
            Param temp = (Param)obj;
            if (this._content != null) {
                if (temp._content == null) return false;
                else if (!(this._content.equals(temp._content))) 
                    return false;
            }
            else if (temp._content != null)
                return false;
            if (this._name != null) {
                if (temp._name == null) return false;
                else if (!(this._name.equals(temp._name))) 
                    return false;
            }
            else if (temp._name != null)
                return false;
            if (this._type != null) {
                if (temp._type == null) return false;
                else if (!(this._type.equals(temp._type))) 
                    return false;
            }
            else if (temp._type != null)
                return false;
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    } //-- boolean equals(java.lang.Object) 

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

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

    /**
     * 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 String
     * @return the value of field 'type'.
     */
    public java.lang.String getType()
    {
        return this._type;
    } //-- java.lang.String getType() 

    /**
     * Method isValid
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * @return boolean
     */
    public boolean isValid()
    {
        try {
            validate();
        }
        catch (org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException vex) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    } //-- boolean isValid() 

    /**
     * Method marshal
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * @param out
     */
    public void marshal(java.io.Writer out)
        throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException
    {
        
        Marshaller.marshal(this, out);
    } //-- void marshal(java.io.Writer) 

    /**
     * Method marshal
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * @param handler
     */
    public void marshal(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler)
        throws java.io.IOException, org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException
    {
        
        Marshaller.marshal(this, handler);
    } //-- void marshal(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler) 

    /**
     * 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(java.lang.String content)
    {
        this._content = content;
    } //-- void setContent(java.lang.String) 

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

    /**
     * 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(java.lang.String type)
    {
        this._type = type;
    } //-- void setType(java.lang.String) 

    /**
     * Method unmarshal
     * 
     * 
     * 
     * @param reader
     * @return Param
     */
    public static org.vamsas.objects.core.Param unmarshal(java.io.Reader reader)
        throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException
    {
        return (org.vamsas.objects.core.Param) Unmarshaller.unmarshal(org.vamsas.objects.core.Param.class, reader);
    } //-- org.vamsas.objects.core.Param unmarshal(java.io.Reader) 

    /**
     * Method validate
     * 
     */
    public void validate()
        throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException
    {
        org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator validator = new org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator();
        validator.validate(this);
    } //-- void validate() 

}