/*
 * This class was automatically generated with 
 * <a href="http://www.castor.org">Castor 1.1.1</a>, using an XML
 * Schema.
 * $Id$
 */

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 //- Imported classes and packages -/
//---------------------------------/

import org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller;
import org.exolab.castor.xml.Unmarshaller;

/**
 * Class Entity.
 * 
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public class Entity implements java.io.Serializable {


      //--------------------------/
     //- Class/Member Variables -/
    //--------------------------/

    /**
     * Field _timestamp.
     */
    private java.util.Date _timestamp;


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     //- Constructors -/
    //----------------/

    public Entity() {
        super();
    }


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     //- Methods -/
    //-----------/

    /**
     * Returns the value of field 'timestamp'.
     * 
     * @return the value of field 'Timestamp'.
     */
    public java.util.Date getTimestamp(
    ) {
        return this._timestamp;
    }

    /**
     * Method isValid.
     * 
     * @return true if this object is valid according to the schema
     */
    public boolean isValid(
    ) {
        try {
            validate();
        } catch (org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException vex) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @param out
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException if object is
     * null or if any SAXException is thrown during marshaling
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     */
    public void marshal(
            final java.io.Writer out)
    throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        Marshaller.marshal(this, out);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @param handler
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an IOException occurs during
     * marshaling
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException if object is
     * null or if any SAXException is thrown during marshaling
     */
    public void marshal(
            final org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler)
    throws java.io.IOException, org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        Marshaller.marshal(this, handler);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of field 'timestamp'.
     * 
     * @param timestamp the value of field 'timestamp'.
     */
    public void setTimestamp(
            final java.util.Date timestamp) {
        this._timestamp = timestamp;
    }

    /**
     * Method unmarshal.
     * 
     * @param reader
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException if object is
     * null or if any SAXException is thrown during marshaling
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     * @return the unmarshaled Entity
     */
    public static Entity unmarshal(
            final java.io.Reader reader)
    throws org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException, org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        return (Entity) Unmarshaller.unmarshal(Entity.class, reader);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * 
     * @throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException if this
     * object is an invalid instance according to the schema
     */
    public void validate(
    )
    throws org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException {
        org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator validator = new org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator();
        validator.validate(this);
    }

}