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16 package org.apache.juddi.datatype;
17
18 /**
19  * A Description object contains a textual description and an optional
20  * language code.<p>
21  *
22  * A default ISO language code will be determined for a publisher at the time
23  * that a party establishes permissions to publish at a given operator site
24  * or implementation. This default language code will be applied to any
25  * description values that are provided with no language code.<p>
26  *
27  * @author Steve Viens (sviens@apache.org)
28  */
29 public class Description implements RegistryObject
30 {
31   String JavaDoc descValue;
32   String JavaDoc langCode; // ISO language code
33
34   /**
35    * Construct a new initialized Description instance.
36    */
37   public Description()
38   {
39   }
40
41   /**
42    * Construct a new initialized Description instance.
43    */
44   public Description(String JavaDoc descValue)
45   {
46     this.setValue(descValue);
47   }
48
49   /**
50    * Construct a new initialized Description instance.
51    */
52   public Description(String JavaDoc descValue,String JavaDoc langCode)
53   {
54     this.setValue(descValue);
55     this.setLanguageCode(langCode);
56   }
57
58   /**
59    * Sets the LanguageCode of this Description.
60    *
61    * @param langCode The new LanguageCode.
62    */
63   public void setLanguageCode(String JavaDoc langCode)
64   {
65     this.langCode = langCode;
66   }
67
68   /**
69    * Returns the LanguageCode of this Description.
70    *
71    * @return The LanguageCode of this Description, or null if this
72    * description doesn't have a LanguageCode.
73    */
74   public String JavaDoc getLanguageCode()
75   {
76     return this.langCode;
77   }
78
79   /**
80    * Sets the text of this Description to the given text. If the
81    * Description has more than 255 characters, it will be trunctated.
82    *
83    * @param newDesc The new text of this Description.
84    */
85   public void setValue(String JavaDoc newDesc)
86   {
87     this.descValue = newDesc;
88   }
89
90   /**
91    * Returns the text of this Description.
92    *
93    * @return The text of this Description.
94    */
95   public String JavaDoc getValue()
96   {
97     return this.descValue;
98   }
99 }
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