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//a facility operated by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
//
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package edu.sdsc.mbt.util;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * This class implements a container for a range of two int values.
 * 
 * @author Oleksandr V. Buzko
 */
public class IntRange implements Range, Serializable {

	private int start;
	private int end;
	
	/**
	 * Constructor initialized with two values
	 * @param a start int value
	 * @param b end int value
	 */
	public IntRange(int a, int b){
		start = a;
		end = b;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Constructor creating an empty Range object
	 *
	 */
	public IntRange(){
		start = 0;
		end = 0;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sets start int value.
	 * @param int value
	 */
	public void setStart (int a){
		start = a;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sets end int value.
	 * @param int value
	 */
	public void setEnd (int a){
		end = a;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the start value.
	 */
	public int getStart(){
		return start;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the end value.
	 */
	public int getEnd(){
		return end;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns a unit that indicates what type of range this is (an Integer)
	 */
	public Object getUnit(){
		return new Integer(0);
	}
	
	private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out) throws java.io.IOException {
		out.defaultWriteObject();               
	}
	private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
		in.defaultReadObject();
	} 

	
}