core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/domain/JsonBall.java

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package org.jclouds.domain;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import org.jclouds.util.Patterns;

/**
 * 
 * As String is final, using a different marker to imply this is a json object
 * 
 * @author Adrian Cole
 * @see <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/issues/detail?id=326"/>
 */
public class JsonBall implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence {

   private static final long serialVersionUID = -8168997021767065199L;
   private final String value;

   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
      if (this == obj)
         return true;
      if (obj == null)
         return false;
      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
         return false;
      JsonBall other = (JsonBall) obj;
      if (value == null) {
         if (other.value != null)
            return false;
      } else if (!value.equals(other.value))
         return false;
      return true;
   }

   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
      final int prime = 31;
      int result = 1;
      result = prime * result + ((value == null) ? 0 : value.hashCode());
      return result;
   }

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

   public JsonBall(double value) {
      this.value = value + "";
   }

   public JsonBall(int value) {
      this.value = value + "";
   }

   public JsonBall(long value) {
      this.value = value + "";
   }
   
   public JsonBall(boolean value) {
      this.value = value + "";
   }

   public JsonBall(String value) {
      this.value = quoteStringIfNotNumberOrBoolean(checkNotNull(value, "value"));
   }
   
   static String quoteStringIfNotNumberOrBoolean(String in) {
      if (Patterns.JSON_STRING_PATTERN.matcher(in).find() && !Patterns.JSON_NUMBER_PATTERN.matcher(in).find()
               && !Patterns.JSON_BOOLEAN_PATTERN.matcher(in).find()) {
         return "\"" + in + "\"";
      }
      return in;
   }

   @Override
   public char charAt(int index) {
      return value.charAt(index);
   }

   @Override
   public int length() {
      return value.length();
   }

   @Override
   public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end) {
      return value.subSequence(start, end);
   }

   @Override
   public int compareTo(String o) {
      return value.compareTo(o);
   }

}