/Source/ResourceManagement.ObjectModel/RmBinary.cs

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;



namespace Microsoft.ResourceManagement.ObjectModel

{

    public class RmBinary : IComparable, IComparable<RmBinary>

    {

        byte[] value;

        public RmBinary()

        {

            this.value = new byte[0];

        }

        public RmBinary(String value)

        {

            this.Value = value;

        }

        /// <summary>

        /// The string must be supported by the DateTime class

        /// </summary>

        public String Value

        {

            get

            {

                return this.ToString();

            }

            set

            {

                if (value != null)

                {

                    this.value = UnicodeEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value);

                }

                else

                {

                    this.value = new byte[0];

                }

            }

        }



        public byte[] ValueAsBinary

        {

            get

            {

                return this.value;

            }

        }



        public override bool Equals(object obj)

        {

            RmBinary other = obj as RmBinary;

            if (other as Object == null)

                return false;

            else

                return this.ToString().Equals(other.ToString());

        }



        public override int GetHashCode()

        {

            return this.ToString().GetHashCode();

        }



        public override string ToString()

        {

            return UnicodeEncoding.UTF8.GetString(this.value);

        }







        #region IComparable Members



        public int CompareTo(object obj)

        {

            if (obj as Object == null)

                throw new ArgumentNullException("obj");

            return this.CompareTo(obj as RmBinary);

        }



        public static bool operator ==(RmBinary attrib1, RmBinary attrib2)

        {

            if (attrib1 as Object == null)

                return false;

            if (attrib2 as Object == null)

                return false;

            return attrib1.CompareTo(attrib2) == 0;

        }



        public static bool operator !=(RmBinary attrib1, RmBinary attrib2)

        {

            if (attrib1 == null)

                return false;

            return attrib1.CompareTo(attrib2) != 0;

        }



        public static bool operator <(RmBinary attrib1, RmBinary attrib2)

        {

            if (attrib1 == null)

                return false;

            return attrib1.CompareTo(attrib2) < 0;

        }



        public static bool operator >(RmBinary attrib1, RmBinary attrib2)

        {

            if (attrib1 == null)

                return false;

            return attrib1.CompareTo(attrib2) > 0;

        }



        public static bool operator <=(RmBinary attrib1, RmBinary attrib2)

        {

            if (attrib1 == null)

                return false;

            return attrib1.CompareTo(attrib2) <= 0;

        }



        public static bool operator >=(RmBinary attrib1, RmBinary attrib2)

        {

            if (attrib1 == null)

                return false;

            return attrib1.CompareTo(attrib2) >= 0;

        }



        #endregion



        #region IComparable<RmDateTime> Members



        public int CompareTo(RmBinary other)

        {

            if (other == null)

                throw new ArgumentNullException("other");

            else

                return this.ToString().CompareTo(other.ToString());



        }



        #endregion

    }

}