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/**
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package org.hbird.exchange.core;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringStyle;

/**
 * @author Gert Villemos
 * 
 *         A Label is a String value used to denote something. It can for example be a
 *         calibrated value describing something as 'ON' or 'OFF'.
 * 
 */
public class Label extends ApplicableTo {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6064865233847879877L;

    /** The label value. */
    protected String value = "";

    /**
     * Creates a Parameter with a timestamp set to 'now'.
     * 
     * @param issuedBy The name of the source of this label.
     * @param name The name of the label
     * @param type The Ontology type of this object. Is not 'String', but for example 'Calibration'.
     * @param description A description of the label.
     * @param value An object holding the value of the label.
     */
    public Label(String ID, String name) {
        super(ID, name);
    }

    public String getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    public void setValue(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        ToStringBuilder builder = new ToStringBuilder(this, ToStringStyle.SHORT_PREFIX_STYLE);
        builder.append("ID", getInstanceID());
        builder.append("name", name);
        builder.append("value", value);
        builder.append("timestamp", timestamp);
        builder.append("applicableTo", applicableTo);
        builder.append("issuedBy", issuedBy);
        return builder.build();
    }
}