public class

FlagsAttributeImpl

extends AttributeImpl
implements Serializable Cloneable FlagsAttribute 
package org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes;

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import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.lucene.util.AttributeImpl;

/**
 * This attribute can be used to pass different flags down the tokenizer chain,
 * eg from one TokenFilter to another one. 
 */
public class FlagsAttributeImpl extends AttributeImpl implements FlagsAttribute, Cloneable, Serializable {
  private int flags = 0;
  
  /**
   * EXPERIMENTAL:  While we think this is here to stay, we may want to change it to be a long.
   * <p/>
   *
   * Get the bitset for any bits that have been set.  This is completely distinct from {@link TypeAttribute#type()}, although they do share similar purposes.
   * The flags can be used to encode information about the token for use by other {@link org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenFilter}s.
   *
   *
   * @return The bits
   */
  public int getFlags() {
    return flags;
  }

  /**
   * @see #getFlags()
   */
  public void setFlags(int flags) {
    this.flags = flags;
  }
  
  @Override
  public void clear() {
    flags = 0;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object other) {
    if (this == other) {
      return true;
    }
    
    if (other instanceof FlagsAttributeImpl) {
      return ((FlagsAttributeImpl) other).flags == flags;
    }
    
    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return flags;
  }
  
  @Override
  public void copyTo(AttributeImpl target) {
    FlagsAttribute t = (FlagsAttribute) target;
    t.setFlags(flags);
  }
}