package org.apache.samoa.moa;

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import org.apache.samoa.moa.core.SerializeUtils;

//import moa.core.SizeOf;

/**
 * Abstract MOA Object. All classes that are serializable, copiable, can measure its size, and can give a description,
 * extend this class.
 * 
 * @author Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 7 $
 */
public abstract class AbstractMOAObject implements MOAObject {

  @Override
  public MOAObject copy() {
    return copy(this);
  }

  @Override
  public int measureByteSize() {
    return measureByteSize(this);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a description of the object.
   * 
   * @return a description of the object
   */
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    getDescription(sb, 0);
    return sb.toString();
  }

  /**
   * This method produces a copy of an object.
   * 
   * @param obj
   *          object to copy
   * @return a copy of the object
   */
  public static MOAObject copy(MOAObject obj) {
    try {
      return (MOAObject) SerializeUtils.copyObject(obj);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Object copy failed.", e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the memory size of an object.
   * 
   * @param obj
   *          object to measure the memory size
   * @return the memory size of this object
   */
  public static int measureByteSize(MOAObject obj) {
    return 0; // (int) SizeOf.fullSizeOf(obj);
  }
}