Baseline work from a few months ago for reference

src/resources/common/AString.java

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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 <Project SWG>
+ * 
+ * This File is part of NGECore2.
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ * Using NGEngine to work with NGECore2 is making a combined work based on NGEngine. 
+ * Therefore all terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License cover the combination.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package resources.common;
+
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+
+import org.apache.mina.core.buffer.IoBuffer;
+
+import com.sleepycat.persist.model.Persistent;
+
+import resources.objects.Delta;
+
+@Persistent
+public final class AString extends Delta {
+	
+	private String string;
+	
+	public AString() {
+		string = "";
+	}
+	
+	public AString(String string) {
+		this.string = ((string == null) ? "" : string);
+	}
+	
+	public String get() {
+		synchronized(objectMutex) {
+			return string;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public void set(String string) {
+		synchronized(objectMutex) {
+			this.string = string;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public short length() {
+		synchronized(objectMutex) {
+			return (short) string.length();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public byte[] getBytes() {
+		synchronized(objectMutex) {
+			return IoBuffer.allocate(2 + string.length(), false).order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN).putShort((short) string.length()).put(string.getBytes()).flip().array();
+		}
+	}
+	
+}