/**

  * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, http://www.snakeyaml.org

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  * limitations under the License.

  */

 package org.yaml.snakeyaml.events;

 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.error.Mark;

 /**

  * Basic unit of output from a {@link org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.Parser} or input

  * of a {@link org.yaml.snakeyaml.emitter.Emitter}.

  */

 public abstract class Event {

     public enum ID {

         Alias, DocumentEnd, DocumentStart, MappingEnd, MappingStart, Scalar, SequenceEnd, SequenceStart, StreamEnd, StreamStart

     }

     private final Mark startMark;

     private final Mark endMark;

     public Event(Mark startMark, Mark endMark) {

         this.startMark = startMark;

         this.endMark = endMark;

     }

     public String toString() {

         return "<" + this.getClass().getName() + "(" + getArguments() + ")>";

     }

     public Mark getStartMark() {

         return startMark;

     }

     public Mark getEndMark() {

         return endMark;

     }

     /**

      * @see __repr__ for Event in PyYAML

      */

     protected String getArguments() {

         return "";

     }

     public abstract boolean is(Event.ID id);

     /*

      * for tests only

      */

     @Override

     public boolean equals(Object obj) {

         if (obj instanceof Event) {

             return toString().equals(obj.toString());

         } else {

             return false;

         }

     }

 }