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#ifndef __ETCHNUMBER_H__
#define __ETCHNUMBER_H__

#include "common/EtchObject.h"
#include "common/EtchObjectType.h"

class EtchNumber :
public EtchObject {

public:

  /**
   * EtchObjectType for EtchLong.
   */
  static const EtchObjectType* TYPE() {
    const static EtchObjectType TYPE(EOTID_NUMBER, NULL);
    return &TYPE;
  }

  /**
   * Constructor
   */
  EtchNumber() {
    addObjectType(TYPE());
  }

  /**
   * returns the value as a long
   * @return int64 value
   */
  virtual capu::int64_t getLongValue() const = 0;

  /**
   * returns the value as an int32
   * @return int32 value
   */
  virtual capu::int32_t getInt32Value() const = 0;

  /**
   * returns the value as a short
   * @return int16 value
   */
  virtual capu::int16_t getShortValue() const = 0;

  /**
   * returns the value as a byte
   * @return int8 value
   */
  virtual capu::int8_t getByteValue() const = 0;

};

typedef capu::SmartPointer<EtchNumber> EtchNumberPtr;

#endif