yap-6.3/LGPL/JPL/java/jpl/fli/PointerHolder.java

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// Project: jpl
//
// File:    $Id: PointerHolder.java,v 1.2 2007-09-27 15:25:32 vsc Exp $
// Date:    $Date: 2007-09-27 15:25:32 $
// Author:  Fred Dushin <fadushin@syr.edu>
//          
//
// Description:
//    
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 1998 Fred Dushin
//                    All rights reserved.
// 
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Library Public License
// as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
// of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
// 
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Library Public License for more details.
//*****************************************************************************/
package jpl.fli;



//----------------------------------------------------------------------/
// PointerHolder
/**
 * A PointerHolder is a trivial extension of a LongHolder.  This is sort of
 * a no-no in Java, as the long value stored herein is sometimes a
 * machine address.  (Don't tell Sun.)
 * 
 * <hr><i>
 * Copyright (C) 1998  Fred Dushin<p>
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.<p>
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Library Public License for more details.<p>
 * </i><hr>
 * @author  Fred Dushin <fadushin@syr.edu>
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */
// Implementation notes:  
// There could be issues in the future with signedness, since Java
// does not have an unsigned type;  make sure not to do any arithmetic
// with the stored value.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------/
public class PointerHolder extends LongHolder
{
}

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