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+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.impl.store.access.UTF\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.impl.store.access;\r
+\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.services.sanity.SanityManager;\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.types.DataValueDescriptor;\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.types.UserType;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ A class that is used to store java.lang.Strings and provide\r
+ ordering capability.\r
+\r
+ @see org.apache.derby.iapi.services.io.FormatIdOutputStream\r
+ **/\r
+\r
+public class UTF extends UserType\r
+{\r
+ public UTF()\r
+ {\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ public UTF(String value)\r
+ {\r
+ super(value);\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ /*\r
+ * The following methods implement the Orderable protocol.\r
+ */\r
+\r
+ public int compare(DataValueDescriptor other)\r
+ {\r
+ if (SanityManager.DEBUG)\r
+ SanityManager.ASSERT(other instanceof UTF);\r
+\r
+ UTF arg = (UTF) other;\r
+\r
+ return ((String) getObject()).compareTo((String) arg.getObject());\r
+\r
+ }\r
+}\r