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package org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.value;

import org.exoplatform.services.jcr.datamodel.Identifier;
import org.exoplatform.services.jcr.datamodel.ValueData;
import org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.dataflow.TransientValueData;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.jcr.PropertyType;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;

/**
 * a <code>REFERENCE</code> value impl (a Identifier of an existing node).
 * 
 * @author Gennady Azarenkov
 */
public class ReferenceValue extends BaseValue
{

   public static final int TYPE = PropertyType.REFERENCE;

   private final Identifier identifier;

   /**
    * ReferenceValue constructor. 
    */
   public ReferenceValue(Identifier identifier) throws IOException
   {
      super(TYPE, new TransientValueData(identifier));
      this.identifier = identifier;
   }

   /**
    * ReferenceValue constructor. 
    */
   public ReferenceValue(ValueData data) throws IOException, RepositoryException
   {
      super(TYPE, data);
      this.identifier = new Identifier(getString());
   }

   /**
    * ReferenceValue constructor.
    */
   public ReferenceValue(ValueData data, boolean onlyCheck) throws IOException, RepositoryException
   {
      super(TYPE, data);
      this.identifier = new Identifier(getString(), onlyCheck);
   }

   /**
    * Returns {@link Identifier}.
    */
   public Identifier getIdentifier()
   {
      return identifier;
   }
}
