// NewsDbGroup - netnews database group
//
// Copyright (C) 1996 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@acme.com>.  All rights reserved.
//
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package Acme.Nnrpd;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;

/// Netnews database group.
// <P>
// This represents a news database group.
// <P>
// <A HREF="/resources/classes/Acme/Nnrpd/NewsDbGroup.java">Fetch the software.</A><BR>
// <A HREF="/resources/classes/Acme.tar.Z">Fetch the entire Acme package.</A>

public class NewsDbGroup
    {

    private long dbStamp;
    private String name;
    private int numArts, firstArtNum, lastArtNum;
    private char flag;
    private String description;

    /// Constructor.
    public NewsDbGroup( long dbStamp, String name, int numArts, int firstArtNum, int lastArtNum, char flag, String description )
	{
	this.dbStamp = dbStamp;
	this.name = name;
	this.numArts = numArts;
	this.firstArtNum = firstArtNum;
	this.lastArtNum = lastArtNum;
	this.flag = flag;
	this.description = description;
	}

    /// Get the database stamp.
    // This is used internally when dealing with multiple news databases,
    // to make sure that an obect returned from one is not passed to another.
    protected long getDbStamp()
	{
	return dbStamp;
	}

    /// Get the group name.
    public String getName()
	{
	return name;
	}

    /// Get the estimated number of articles in the group.
    public int getNumArts()
	{
	return numArts;
	}

    /// Get the number of the first article in the group.
    public int getFirstArtNum()
	{
	return firstArtNum;
	}

    /// Get the number of the last article in the group.
    public int getLastArtNum()
	{
	return lastArtNum;
	}

    /// The group type - 'y', 'm', etc.
    public char getFlag()
	{
	return flag;
	}

    /// The group's description.
    public String getDescription()
	{
	return description;
	}

    }