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 * Copyright 2008 JBoss Inc
 *
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 * Created on Feb 12, 2008
 */

package org.drools.rule;

import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;

import org.drools.spi.AlphaNodeFieldConstraint;
import org.drools.spi.BetaNodeFieldConstraint;
import org.drools.spi.Constraint;

/**
 * A base class for constraints
 *
 * @author etirelli
 */
public abstract class MutableTypeConstraint
    implements
    AlphaNodeFieldConstraint,
    BetaNodeFieldConstraint,
    Externalizable {

    private Constraint.ConstraintType type = Constraint.ConstraintType.UNKNOWN;

    public void setType( ConstraintType type ) {
        this.type = type;
    }

    public ConstraintType getType() {
        return this.type;
    }

    public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        type    =  (Constraint.ConstraintType)in.readObject();
    }

    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
        out.writeObject(type);
    }
    public abstract Object clone();
}
