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 This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many 
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package org.jdom;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * <p><code><b>Text</b></code> represents character-based content within an
 *   XML document represented by JDOM. It is intended to provide a modular,
 *   perantable method of representing that text. Additionally,
 *   <code>Text</code> makes no guarantees about the underlying textual
 *   representation of character data, but does expose that data as a Java
 *   <code>String</code>.</p>
 *
 * @author Brett McLaughlin
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class Text implements Serializable, Cloneable {

    /** The actual character content */ 
    // XXX See http://www.servlets.com/archive/servlet/ReadMsg?msgId=8776
    // from Alex Rosen for a reason why String might be better
    // XXX See http://www.servlets.com/archive/servlet/ReadMsg?msgId=8612
    // from elharo for a description of why Java characters may not suffice
    // long term
    protected StringBuffer value;

    /** This <code>Text</code> node's parent. */
    protected Element parent;

    /** 
     * <p>This is the protected, no-args constructor standard in all JDOM
     *  classes. It allows subclassers to get a raw instance with no
     *  initialization.</p>
     */
    protected Text() { }

    /**
     * <p>This constructor creates a new <code>Text</code> node, with the
     *   supplied value as it's character content.</p>
     *
     * @param stringValue the node's character content.
     */
    public Text(String stringValue) {
        value = new StringBuffer(stringValue);
    }

    /**
     * <p>This returns the value of this <code>Text</code> node as a Java
     *   <code>String</code>.</p>
     *
     * @return <code>String</code> - character content of this node.
     */
    public String getValue() {
        return value.toString();
    }

    /**
     * <p>This will set the value of this <code>Text</code> node.
     *
     * @param stringValue value for node's content.
     */
    public void setValue(String stringValue) {
        value.setLength(0);
        if (stringValue == null) {
            value.append("");
        } else {
            value.append(stringValue);
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>This will append character content to whatever content already
     *   exists within this <code>Text</code> node.</p>
     *
     * @param stringValue character content to append.
     */
    public void append(String stringValue) {
        if (stringValue == null) {
            return;
        }
        value.append(stringValue);
    }

    /**
     * <p>This will return the parent of this <code>Text</code> node, which
     *   is always a JDOM <code>{@link Element}</code>.</p>
     *
     * @return <code>Element</code> - this node's parent.
     */
    public Element getParent() {
        return parent;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * This retrieves the owning <code>{@link Document}</code> for
     *   this Text, or null if not a currently a member of a
     *   <code>{@link Document}</code>.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return <code>Document</code> owning this Text, or null.
     */
    public Document getDocument() {
        if (parent != null) {
            return parent.getDocument();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * <p>This will set the parent of the <code>Text</code> node to the supplied
     *   <code>{@link Element}</code>. This method is intentionally left as
     *   <code>protected</code> so that only JDOM internals use it.</p>
     * <p>If you need an instance of this <code>Text</code> node with a new
     *   parent, you should get a copy of this node with 
     *   <code>{@link #clone}</code> and set it on the desired (new) parent
     *   <code>Element</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param parent parent for this node.
    protected Text setParent(Element parent) {
        this.parent = parent;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Detaches the text from its parent, or does nothing if the
     * text has no parent.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return <code>Text</code> - this <code>Text</code> modified.
     */
/* Commented out til the parent knows about text, won't compile as is.
    public Text detach() {
        if (parent != null) {
            parent.removeContent(this);
        }
        parent = null;
        return this;
    }
*/

    /**
     * <p>This returns a <code>String</code> representation of the 
     *   <code>Text</code> node, suitable for debugging. If the XML
     *   representation of the <code>Text</code> node is desired, 
     *   either <code>{@link #getValue}</code> or
     *   {@link org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter#output(Text, Writer)}</code>
     *   should be used.</p>
     *
     * @return <code>String</code> - information about this node.
     */
    public String toString() {
        return new StringBuffer(64)
            .append("Text: ")
            .append(getValue())
            .toString();
    }

    /**
     * <p>This will generate a hash code for this node.</p>
     *
     * @return <code>int</code> - hash code for this node.
     */
    public final int hashCode() {
        return super.hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * <p>This will return a clone of this <code>Text</code> node, with the
     *   same character content, but no parent.</p>
     *
     * @return <code>Text</code> - cloned node.
     */
    public Object clone() {
        Text text = null;

        try {
            text = (Text)super.clone();
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException ce) {
            // Can't happen
        } 

        text.parent = null;
        text.value = new StringBuffer(value.toString());

        return text;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     *  This tests for equality of this <code>Text</code> to the supplied
     *    <code>Object</code>, explicitly using the == operator.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param ob <code>Object</code> to compare to
     * @return whether the <code>Text</code> nodes are equal
     */
    public final boolean equals(Object ob) {
        return (this == ob);
    }
}