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package edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.pointables;

import edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.pointables.base.IVisitablePointable;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;

/**
 * This class implements several "routine" methods in IVisitablePointable
 * interface, so that subclasses do not need to repeat the same code.
 * 
 */
public abstract class AbstractVisitablePointable implements IVisitablePointable {

    private byte[] data;
    private int start;
    private int len;

    @Override
    public byte[] getByteArray() {
        return data;
    }

    @Override
    public int getLength() {
        return len;
    }

    @Override
    public int getStartOffset() {
        return start;
    }

    @Override
    public void set(byte[] b, int start, int len) {
        this.data = b;
        this.start = start;
        this.len = len;
    }

    @Override
    public void set(IValueReference ivf) {
        set(ivf.getByteArray(), ivf.getStartOffset(), ivf.getLength());
    }

}