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package org.eclipse.ptp.debug.internal.core.aif;

import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.aif.AIFException;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.aif.IAIFType;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.aif.IAIFValue;
import org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.aif.AIFFactory.SimpleByteBuffer;

/**
 * @author Clement chu
 * 
 */
public abstract class AIFValue implements IAIFValue {
	protected IAIFType type = null;
	protected String result = null;
	protected int size;
	
	public AIFValue(IAIFType type) {
		this.type = type;
	}
	public IAIFType getType() {
		return type;
	}
	public int getChildrenNumber() throws AIFException {
		return 0;
	}
	public boolean hasChildren() throws AIFException {
		return (getChildrenNumber() > 0);
	}
	public String toString() {
		try {
			return getValueString();
		} catch (AIFException e) {
			return "err: " + e.getMessage();
		}
	}
	
	protected abstract void parse(SimpleByteBuffer buffer);
	public int sizeof() {
		return size;
	}
	/*
	protected ByteBuffer byteBuffer(byte[] data) {
		return byteBuffer(data, 0);
	}
	protected ByteBuffer byteBuffer(byte[] data, int offset) {
		return ByteBuffer.wrap(data, offset, data.length);
	}
	protected byte[] createByteArray(byte[] data, int from, int size) {
//System.out.println("---data len: " + data.length  + ", from: " + from + ", size: " + size);
		byte[] newByte = new byte[size];
		System.arraycopy(data, from, newByte, 0, size);
		return newByte;
	}
	*/
}