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021
022package org.biojava.bio.program.tagvalue;
023
024/**
025 * <p>
026 * Utility class for representing tag-value pairs for TagValueParser
027 * implementors.
028 * </p>
029 *
030 * @author Matthew Pocock
031 * @since 1.2
032 */
033public class TagValue {
034  private final Object tag;
035  private final Object value;
036  private final boolean newTag;
037  
038  /**
039   * Build a new TagValue with a tag, a value and a flag indicating if this is a
040   * new example of this tag or a continuation of an old example.
041   *
042   * @param tag  the tag Object
043   * @param value the value Object
044   * @param newTag true if startTag events should be thrown even if the tag is
045   *        identical to the previously observed tag
046   */
047  public TagValue(Object tag, Object value, boolean newTag) {
048    this.tag = tag;
049    this.value = value;
050    this.newTag = newTag;
051  }
052  
053  public Object getTag() {
054    return this.tag;
055  }
056  
057  public Object getValue() {
058    return this.value;
059  }
060  
061  public boolean isNewTag() {
062    return newTag;
063  }
064}