package com.xagasoft.gats;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

public class GatsString extends GatsObject
{
	private byte[] aValue = null;

	public GatsString()
	{
	}

	public GatsString( String sValue )
	{
		this.aValue = sValue.getBytes();
	}

	public GatsString( byte[] aValue )
	{
		this.aValue = aValue;
	}

	public byte[] getValue()
	{
		return aValue;
	}

	public void setValue( String sValue )
	{
		this.aValue = sValue.getBytes();
	}

	public void setValue( byte[] aValue )
	{
		this.aValue = aValue;
	}

	public String toString()
	{
		return new String( aValue );
	}

	public int getType()
	{
		return GatsObject.STRING;
	}

	public void read( InputStream is, char cType ) throws java.io.IOException
	{
		long lSize = GatsInteger.readPackedInt( is );
		aValue = new byte[(int)lSize];
		is.read( aValue );
	}

	public void write( OutputStream os ) throws java.io.IOException
	{
		os.write( (int)'s' );
		if( aValue == null )
		{
			GatsInteger.writePackedInt( os, 0 );
		}
		else
		{
			GatsInteger.writePackedInt( os, aValue.length );
			os.write( aValue );
		}
	}
};