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+/*
+ * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.lang.mutable;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * A mutable <code>int</code>.
+ * 
+ * @since 2.1
+ * @version $Id: MutableInt.java,v 1.1 2004/07/05 22:15:33 scolebourne Exp $
+ */
+public class MutableInt extends Number
+        implements Comparable, Mutable, Serializable {
+
+    /** Serialization lock. */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 512176391864L;
+
+    /** The mutable value. */
+    private int value;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new MutableInt with the default value of zero.
+     */
+    public MutableInt() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new MutableInt with the specified value.
+     * 
+     * @param value a value.
+     */
+    public MutableInt(int value) {
+        super();
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public Object getValue() {
+        return new Integer(this.value);
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(int value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(Object value) {
+        setValue(((Number) value).intValue());
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public int intValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public long longValue() {
+        return (long) value;
+    }
+
+    public float floatValue() {
+        return (float) value;
+    }
+
+    public double doubleValue() {
+        return (double) value;
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /**
+     * Checks if this object equals the specified object.
+     * <p>
+     * The object must be a MutableInt with the same value to be equal.
+     *
+     * @param obj  the object to compare to
+     * @return true if equal
+     */
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj instanceof MutableInt) {
+            return (value == ((MutableInt) obj).value);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a suitable hashcode for this mutable.
+     *
+     * @return a suitable hashcode
+     */
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares this mutable to another in ascending order.
+     *
+     * @param obj  the mutable to compare to
+     * @return negative if this is less, zero if equal, positive if greater
+     */
+    public int compareTo(Object obj) {
+        MutableInt other = (MutableInt) obj;
+        int anotherVal = other.value;
+        return (value < anotherVal ? -1 : (value == anotherVal ? 0 : 1));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the String value of this mutable.
+     *
+     * @return the mutable value as a string
+     */
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.valueOf(value);
+    }
+
+}