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 * Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
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 * AB. All Rights Reserved.''
 * 
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 */
package com.ericsson.otp.erlang;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Provides a Java representation of Erlang integral types. 
 **/
public class OtpErlangByte extends OtpErlangLong implements Serializable, Cloneable {
  // don't change this!
  static final long serialVersionUID = 5778019796466613446L;

  /**
   * Create an Erlang integer from the given value.
   *
   * @param b the byte value to use.
   **/
  public OtpErlangByte(byte b) {
    super(b);
  }

  /**
   * Create an Erlang integer from a stream containing an integer
   * encoded in Erlang external format.
   *
   * @param buf the stream containing the encoded value.
   * 
   * @exception OtpErlangDecodeException if the buffer does not
   * contain a valid external representation of an Erlang integer.
   *
   * @exception OtpErlangRangeException if the value is too large to
   * be represented as a byte.
   **/
  public OtpErlangByte(OtpInputStream buf) 
    throws OtpErlangRangeException, OtpErlangDecodeException {
    super(buf);

    byte i = byteValue();
  }
}
