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package javax.naming;

/**
 * A <code>StringRefAddr</code> refers to an address which is represented by a
 * string such as a URL or hostname.
 *
 */
public class StringRefAddr extends RefAddr {

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Constants
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /*
     * This constant is used during deserialization to check the J2SE version which
     * created the serialized object.
     */
    static final long serialVersionUID = -8913762495138505527L; //J2SE 1.4.2

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Instance variables
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /**
     * The address itself.
     * For StringRefAddr the address is a string such as a URL or hostname.
     * 
     * @serial
     */
    private String contents;

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Constructors
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>StringRefAddr</code> object using the supplied 
     * address type and address.
     * 
     * @param type      the address type which cannot be null
     * @param address   the address itself which may be null
     */
    public StringRefAddr(String type, String address) {
        super(type);
        this.contents = address;
    }

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Methods override parent class RefAddr
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /**
     * Get the string containing this address.
     * 
     * @return          a string containing this address which may be null
     */
    @Override
    public Object getContent() {
        return contents;
    }

}