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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-2007 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 com.sun.jmx.snmp;
+
+
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Is an abstract representation of an SNMP Value.
+ * All classes provided for dealing with SNMP types should derive from this
+ * class.
+ *
+ * <p><b>This API is a Sun Microsystems internal API  and is subject
+ * to change without notice.</b></p>
+ */
+
+public abstract class SnmpValue implements Cloneable, Serializable, SnmpDataTypeEnums {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a <CODE>String</CODE> form containing ASN.1 tagging information.
+     * @return The <CODE>String</CODE> form.
+     */
+    public String toAsn1String() {
+        return "[" + getTypeName() + "] " + toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value encoded as an OID.
+     * The method is particularly useful when dealing with indexed table made of
+     * several SNMP variables.
+     * @return The value encoded as an OID.
+     */
+    public abstract SnmpOid toOid() ;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a textual description of the object.
+     * @return ASN.1 textual description.
+     */
+    public abstract String getTypeName() ;
+
+    /**
+     * Same as clone, but you cannot perform cloning using this object because
+     * clone is protected. This method should call <CODE>clone()</CODE>.
+     * @return The <CODE>SnmpValue</CODE> clone.
+     */
+    public abstract SnmpValue duplicate() ;
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns <CODE>false</CODE> by default and is redefined
+     * in the {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpNull} class.
+     */
+    public boolean isNoSuchObjectValue() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns <CODE>false</CODE> by default and is redefined
+     * in the {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpNull} class.
+     */
+    public boolean isNoSuchInstanceValue() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method returns <CODE>false</CODE> by default and is redefined
+     * in the {@link com.sun.jmx.snmp.SnmpNull} class.
+     */
+    public boolean isEndOfMibViewValue() {
+        return false;
+    }
+}