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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.management;
+
+
+// java import
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+
+/**
+ * Represents an MBean attribute by associating its name with its value.
+ * The MBean server and other objects use this class to get and set attributes values.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class Attribute implements Serializable   {
+
+    /* Serial version */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2484220110589082382L;
+
+    /**
+     * @serial Attribute name.
+     */
+    private String name;
+
+    /**
+     * @serial Attribute value
+     */
+    private Object value= null;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an Attribute object which associates the given attribute name with the given value.
+     *
+     * @param name A String containing the name of the attribute to be created. Cannot be null.
+     * @param value The Object which is assigned to the attribute. This object must be of the same type as the attribute.
+     *
+     */
+    public Attribute(String name, Object value) {
+
+        if (name == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeOperationsException(new IllegalArgumentException("Attribute name cannot be null "));
+        }
+
+        this.name = name;
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a String containing the  name of the attribute.
+     *
+     * @return the name of the attribute.
+     */
+    public String getName()  {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an Object that is the value of this attribute.
+     *
+     * @return the value of the attribute.
+     */
+    public Object getValue()  {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares the current Attribute Object with another Attribute Object.
+     *
+     * @param object  The Attribute that the current Attribute is to be compared with.
+     *
+     * @return  True if the two Attribute objects are equal, otherwise false.
+     */
+
+
+    public boolean equals(Object object)  {
+        if (!(object instanceof Attribute)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        Attribute val = (Attribute) object;
+
+        if (value == null) {
+            if (val.getValue() == null) {
+                return name.equals(val.getName());
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ((name.equals(val.getName())) &&
+                (value.equals(val.getValue())));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a hash code value for this attribute.
+     *
+     * @return a hash code value for this attribute.
+     */
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return name.hashCode() ^ (value == null ? 0 : value.hashCode());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a String object representing this Attribute's value. The format of this
+     * string is not specified, but users can expect that two Attributes return the
+     * same string if and only if they are equal.
+     */
+    public String toString() {
+        return getName() + " = " + getValue();
+    }
+ }