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+package com.xagasoft.gats;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+public abstract class GatsObject
+{
+        public final static int INTEGER = 1;
+        public final static int FLOAT = 2;
+        public final static int STRING = 3;
+        public final static int LIST = 4;
+        public final static int DICTIONARY = 5;
+        public final static int BOOLEAN = 6;
+
+        public abstract int getType();
+
+        public abstract void read( InputStream is, char cType );
+
+        public static GatsObject read( InputStream is )
+        {
+                char type = is.read();
+                GatsObject goRet;
+                switch( type )
+                {
+                        case 'i':
+                                goRet = new Integer();
+                                break;
+
+                        case 's':
+                                goRet = new String();
+                                break;
+
+                        case '0':
+                        case '1':
+                                goRet = new Boolean();
+                                break;
+
+                        case 'l':
+                                goRet = new List();
+                                break;
+
+                        case 'd':
+                                goRet = new Dictionary();
+                                break;
+
+                        case 'f':
+                        case 'F':
+                                goRet = new Float();
+                                break;
+
+                        case 'e':
+                                return null;
+
+                        default:
+                                throw new Exception("Invalid gats type discovered: " + (char)type );
+                }
+
+                goRet.read( is, type );
+
+                return goRet;
+        }
+};
+