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package org.apache.commons.rdf;

/**
 * Represents a language as expressed by the RDF 4646 language tag
 *
 * @author reto
 */
public class Language {

    private String id;

    /**
     * Constructs the language tag defined by RDF 4646, normalized to lowercase.
     *
     * @param the id as defined by RDF 4646, normalized to lowercase.
     */
    public Language(String id) {
        if ((id == null) || (id.equals(""))) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("A language id may not be null or empty");
        }
        this.id = id;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object other) {
        if (other == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (other instanceof Language) {
            return id.equals(((Language) other).id);
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return id.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return id;
    }
}