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package com.netscape.jsdebugging.apitests.analyzing.data;

/**
 * This is a parent of all data classes which contain data from the log file describing an object.
 *
 * @author Alex Rakhlin
 */
 
public abstract class Data {
    
    public Data (DataPoolManager dpm){
        _ignore = false;
        _dpm = dpm;
    }    
    
    public String toString (){
        return "override this method";
    }

    public String toFormattedString (){
        return "override this method";
    }
    
    /* must override this method */
    public abstract boolean equalsTo (Data d);
    
    /**
     * should this object be ignored?
     */
    public boolean getIgnore () { return _ignore; }
    
    /**
     * Set the ignore field of this object to true.
     */
    public void ignore () { _ignore = true; }
        
    /* ignore flag */
    protected boolean _ignore;
    
    /* reference to the pool manager -- might need it */
    protected DataPoolManager _dpm;
    
}