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package org.apache.mrql;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.*;


/** a container for a char */
final public class MR_char extends MRData {
    private char value;

    public MR_char ( char i ) { value = i; }

    public void materializeAll () {};

    public char get () { return value; }

    public void set ( char v ) { value = v; }

    final public void write ( DataOutput out ) throws IOException {
        out.writeByte(MRContainer.CHAR);
        out.writeChar(value);
    }

    final public static MR_char read ( DataInput in ) throws IOException {
        return new MR_char(in.readChar());
    }

    public void readFields ( DataInput in ) throws IOException {
        value = in.readChar();
    }

    public int compareTo ( MRData x ) {
        assert(x instanceof MR_char);
        return value-((MR_char) x).value;
    }

    final public static int compare ( byte[] x, int xs, int xl, byte[] y, int ys, int yl, int[] size ) {
        size[0] = 2;
        return x[xs]-y[ys];
    }

    public boolean equals ( Object x ) {
        return x instanceof MR_char && ((MR_char)x).value==value;
    }

    public int hashCode () { return value; }

    public String toString () {
        return Character.toString(value);
    }
}