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package com.db4o.reflect.generic;


/**
 * @exclude
 */
public class GenericObject {

    final GenericClass _class;
    
    private Object[] _values;
    
    public GenericObject(GenericClass clazz) {
        _class = clazz;
    }
    
    private void ensureValuesInitialized() {
    	if(_values == null) {
    		_values = new Object[_class.getFieldCount()];
    	}
    }
    
    public void set(int index,Object value) {
    	ensureValuesInitialized();
    	_values[index]=value;
    }

	/**
	 *
	 * @param index
	 * @return the value of the field at index, based on the fields obtained GenericClass.getDeclaredFields
	 */
	public Object get(int index) {
    	ensureValuesInitialized();
    	return _values[index];
    }

    public String toString(){
        if(_class == null){
            return super.toString();    
        }
        return _class.toString(this);
    }

	public GenericClass getGenericClass(){
		return _class;
	}
}
