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package org.eclipse.mdm.mdfsorter.mdf3;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The Data Block. The data section of the DTBLOCK contains a sequence of
 * records. It contains records of all channel groups assigned to its parent
 * DGBLOCK.
 *
 * This Class can also be used for any block without own links and fields.
 *
 * @author Christian Rechner
 */
public class DTBLOCK extends MDF3GenBlock {

	// public static String BLOCK_ID = "##DT";

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param isBigEndian
	 *            True, if this block is written in the BigEndian-ByteOrder.
	 */
	public DTBLOCK(boolean isBigEndian) {
		super(0, isBigEndian);
	}

	/**
	 * Parse a HLBLOCK from an existing MDFGenBlock
	 *
	 * @param parent
	 *            The already existing MDF Generic Block.
	 */
	public DTBLOCK(MDF3GenBlock parent) {
		super(parent.getPos(), parent.isBigEndian());
		setLength(parent.getLength());
		setLinkCount(parent.getLinkCount());
		setLinks(parent.getLinks());
		setId(parent.getId());
		parent.setPrec(this);
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "DTBLOCK [pos=" + getPos() + "]";
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *
	 * @see org.eclipse.mdm.mdf4sorter.MDFGenBlock#parse(byte[])
	 */
	@Override
	public void parse(byte[] content) throws IOException {
		// Nothing to be done.
	}
}