1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsInteger.java b/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsInteger.java
index 139e8ab..0ea5122 100644
--- a/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsInteger.java
+++ b/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsInteger.java
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ package com.xagasoft.gats;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
+/**
+ * Represents a simple java long value.  This does not handle arbitrary
+ * precision integer values, a class to handle that is forthcoming.
+ */
 public class GatsInteger extends GatsObject
 {
         private long iValue = 0;
@@ -36,19 +40,23 @@ public class GatsInteger extends GatsObject
                 return GatsObject.INTEGER;
         };
 
-        public void read( InputStream is, char cType ) throws java.io.IOException
+        void read( InputStream is, char cType ) throws java.io.IOException
 
         {
                 iValue = readPackedInt( is );
         }
 
-        public void write( OutputStream os ) throws java.io.IOException
+        void write( OutputStream os ) throws java.io.IOException
         {
                 os.write( (int)'i' );
                 writePackedInt( os, iValue );
         }
 
         /**
+         * This is a general helper function used by several parts of the Gats
+         * system.
+         * It reads a "packed integer" from the given input stream, and returns the
+         * value.
          * Possible TODO: have this return a Number, and construct either a Long
          * or BigInteger when appropriate.
          */
@@ -72,6 +80,11 @@ public class GatsInteger extends GatsObject
                 return rOut;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * This is a general helper function used by several parts of the Gats
+         * system.
+         * It writes a "packed integer" to the given output stream.
+         */
         public static void writePackedInt( OutputStream os, long iIn ) throws java.io.IOException
         {
                 int b;