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/**
 * A Holder class for IDL's out/inout argument passing modes for byte
 *
 */
package com.ericsson.otp.ic;

/**

Holder class for Byte, according to OMG-IDL java mapping.

**/ 

final public class ByteHolder implements Holder  {
    public byte value;
    
    public ByteHolder() {}
    
    public ByteHolder(byte initial) {
	value = initial;
    }

    /* Extra methods not in standard. */
     /**
      Comparisson method for Bytes.
      @return true if the input object equals the current object, false otherwize
      **/
    public boolean equals( Object obj ) {
	if( obj instanceof Byte )
	    return ( value == ((Byte)obj).byteValue());
	else
	    return false;
    }

    /**
      Comparisson method for Byte.
      @return true if the input boolean value equals the value of the current object, false otherwize
      **/
    public boolean equals( byte b ) {
	return ( value == b);
    }
    
}
