jpl stuff

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LGPL/JPL/java/jpl/fli/PointerHolder.java

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+//tabstop=4
+//*****************************************************************************/
+// Project: jpl
+//
+// File:    $Id: PointerHolder.java,v 1.1 2004-08-27 20:27:56 vsc Exp $
+// Date:    $Date: 2004-08-27 20:27:56 $
+// 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: 1.1 $
+ */
+// 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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