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package net.sourceforge.jnlp.config;

/**
 * Represents a value for a configuration. Provides methods to get the value
 * as well as marking the value as locked.
 *
 * Each instance of this class has an associated ValueChecker. This checker
 * can be used to check if the current value is valid. The default value
 * _must_ be valid. Null values can not originate externally so are (mostly)
 * considered valid.
 */
public class Setting<T> {

    private String name = null;
    private String description = null;
    private boolean locked = false;
    private ValueValidator validator = null;
    private T defaultValue = null;
    private T value = null;
    private String source = null;

    /**
     * Creates a new Settings object
     *
     * @param name the name of this setting
     * @param description a human readable description of this setting
     * @param locked whether this setting is currently locked
     * @param validator the {@link ValueValidator} that can be used to validate
     * the value
     * @param defaultValue the default value of this setting. If this is not a
     * recognized setting, use null.
     * @param value the initial value of this setting
     * @param source the origin of the value (a file, or perhaps "{@code <internal>}")
     */
    public Setting(String name, String description, boolean locked,
            ValueValidator validator, T defaultValue, T value, String source) {
        this.name = name;
        this.description = description;
        this.locked = locked;
        this.validator = validator;
        this.source = source;
        this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new Settings object by cloning the values from another
     * Settings object
     * @param other a Settings object to initialize settings from
     */
    public Setting(Setting<T> other) {
        this(other.name, other.description, other.locked, other.validator,
                other.defaultValue, other.value, other.source);
    }

    /**
     * @return the {@link ValueValidator} that can be used to check if
     * the current value is valid
     */
    public ValueValidator getValidator() {
        return validator;
    }

    /**
     * @return the default value for this setting. May be null if this is not
     * one of the supported settings
     */
    public T getDefaultValue() {
        return defaultValue;
    }

    /**
     * @return a human readable description of this setting
     */
    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    /**
     * @return the name (like foo.bar.baz) of this setting
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * @return the source of the current value of this setting. May be a string
     * like "internal" or it may be the location of the properties file
     */
    public String getSource() {
        return source;
    }

    /**
     * @return the current value of this setting
     */
    public T getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * @return true if this setting is locked
     */
    public boolean isLocked() {
        return locked;
    }

    /**
     * Marks this setting as locked or unlocked. Setting the value is not
     * enforced by this class.
     *
     * @param locked whether to mark this setting as locked or not locked.
     */
    public void setLocked(boolean locked) {
        this.locked = locked;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the source of the current value of this Setting. Maybe a string
     * like "internal" or the location of the properties file
     *
     * @param source the source of the value
     */
    public void setSource(String source) {
        this.source = source;
    }

    /**
     * Note that setting the value is not enforced - it is the caller's
     * responsibility to check if a value is locked or not before setting a
     * new value
     *
     * @param value the new value
     */
    public void setValue(T value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return value.toString();
    }
    
    

}
