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package com.ericsson.otp.erlang;

/**
 * Provides a Java representation of Erlang integral types.
 */
public class OtpErlangByte extends OtpErlangLong {
    // don't change this!
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5778019796466613446L;

    /**
     * Create an Erlang integer from the given value.
     *
     * @param b
     *            the byte value to use.
     */
    public OtpErlangByte(final byte b) {
        super(b);
    }

    /**
     * Create an Erlang integer from a stream containing an integer encoded in
     * Erlang external format.
     *
     * @param buf
     *            the stream containing the encoded value.
     *
     * @exception OtpErlangDecodeException
     *                if the buffer does not contain a valid external
     *                representation of an Erlang integer.
     *
     * @exception OtpErlangRangeException
     *                if the value is too large to be represented as a byte.
     */
    public OtpErlangByte(final OtpInputStream buf)
            throws OtpErlangRangeException, OtpErlangDecodeException {
        super(buf);

        byteValue();
    }
}
