/** RadixString class
**/

public class RadixString implements RadixKey {
    
    private String s;
    
    public RadixString( String sa ) {
	s = sa;
    }
    
    public int getRadix( int level ) {
	// If the position is already at the end of the String
	// use the reserved position 
	if ( level >= s.length() ) return -1;
	char c = s.charAt( level );
	int n = Character.getNumericValue(c);
	// if ( n > 255 ) { n = n % 256 );
	return n;
    }
    
    /** In this case, the object and its key are the same
     **/
    public boolean keyEqual( RadixKey a ) {
	RadixString sa = (RadixString)a;
	String buffer = sa.toString();
	return s.equals( buffer );
    }
    
    public String toString() {
	return s;
    }
    
    public int maxValue( int level ) {
	return 256;
    }
    
    public int max_length(){
	return s.length();
    }	
}