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/**
 * A Holder class for IDL's out/inout argument passing modes for string
 *
 */
package com.ericsson.otp.ic;


/**

Holder class for String, according to OMG-IDL java mapping.

**/ 

final public class StringHolder implements Holder  {
    public String value;
    
    public StringHolder() {}
    
    public StringHolder(String initial) {
	value = initial;
    }

    /* Extra methods not in standard. */ 
    /**
      Comparisson method for Strings.
      @return true if the input object equals the current object, false otherwize
      **/
    public boolean equals( Object obj ) {
	if( obj instanceof String )
	    return ( value == obj);
	else
	    return false;
    }

    /**
      Comparisson method for Strings.
      @return true if the input String value equals the value of the current object, false otherwize
      **/
    public boolean equals( String s ) {
	return ( value == s);
    }
    
}