public MessageString() 
{

}

Creates a new, uninitialized message string.

 public MessageString(String s) 
{
	str = s;
}

Creates a new message string with the specified String object.

Parameters:

s - the String

 public MessageString(byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len) 
{
	super(b, off, len);
}

Creates a new message string with the specified bytes.

Parameters:

b - the bytes

off - the offset of the bytes

len - the length of the bytes

 public boolean equals(String s) 
{
	return str != null ? str.equals(s) : super.equals(s);
}

Compares this message string to the specified String object.

 public boolean equals(byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len) 
{
	if (str != null) {
	    String s = str;
	    if (len != s.length()) {
		return false;
	    }
	    for (int i = 0; i <  len; i++) {
		if (b[off++] != s.charAt(i)) {
		    return false;
		}
	    }
	    return true;
	}
	return super.equals(b, off, len);
}

Compares this message string to the specified subarray of bytes.

 public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String s) 
{
	return str != null ? str.equalsIgnoreCase(s) : super.equalsIgnoreCase(s);
}

Compares this message string to the specified String object. Case is ignored in the comparison.

 public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len) 
{
	if (str != null) {
	    String s = str;
	    if (len != s.length()) {
		return false;
	    }
	    for (int i = 0; i <  len; i++) {
		if (toLower(b[off++]) != toLower(s.charAt(i))) {
		    return false;
		}
	    }
	    return true;
	}
	return super.equalsIgnoreCase(b, off, len);
}

Compares this message string to the specified subarray of bytes. Case is ignored in the comparison.

 public int getBytes(byte[] buf,
    int buf_offset) 
{
	if (str != null) {
	    int len = str.length();
	    // deprecated line (kept for reference)
	    //str.getBytes(0, len, buf, buf_offset);
	    byte[] strBytes = str.getBytes();
	    System.arraycopy(strBytes, 0, buf, buf_offset, len);
	    return len;
	} 
	else {
	    return super.getBytes(buf, buf_offset);
	}
}

Get the bytes of this message string in buf starting at buf_offset.

 public boolean isSet() 
{
	return str != null || super.isSet();
}

Returns true if the message string is set.

 public int length() 
{
	return str != null ? str.length() : super.length();
}

Returns the length of the message string.

 public  void reset() 
{
	super.reset();
	str = null;
}

Resets the message string to an uninitialized state.

 public  void setBytes(byte[] b,
    int off,
    int len) 
{
	super.setBytes(b, off, len);
	str = null;
}

Sets the message string to the specified bytes.

 public  void setString(String s) 
{
	super.reset();
	str = s;
}

Sets the message string to the specified String.

 public boolean startsWith(String s) 
{
	return str != null ? str.startsWith(s) : super.startsWith(s);
}

Returns true if the message string starts with the specified string.

 public long toDate(HttpDate d) throws IllegalArgumentException 
{
	if (str != null) {
	    d.parse(str);
	    return d.getTime();
	} else {
	    return super.toDate(d);
	}
}

Returns the message string parsed as a date.

 public int toInteger() throws NumberFormatException 
{
	return str != null ? Integer.parseInt(str) : super.toInteger();
}

Returns the message string parsed as an unsigned integer.

 public String toString() 
{
	return str != null ? str : super.toString();
}

Returns the message string as a String object.

 public  void write(ServletOutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
	if (str != null) {
	    out.print(str);
	} else {
	    super.write(out);
	}
}

Writes the message string to the specified servlet output stream.