Container.java

/*
 * nimbus-jose-jwt
 *
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package com.nimbusds.jose.util;

import net.jcip.annotations.NotThreadSafe;


/**
 * Generic container of items of any type.
 *
 * <p>This class is not thread-safe, if thread safety is required it should be
 * done externally to the class.
 *
 * <p>The author believes he borrowed the idea for such a class many years ago
 * from a man called Boris Karadjov.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the item in this container.
 *
 * @author Dimitar A. Stoikov
 * @version 2016-10-13
 */
@NotThreadSafe
public class Container<T> {
	
	
	/**
	 * The item.
	 */
	private T item;
	
	
	/**
	 * Creates a new container with no item.
	 */
	public Container() {
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Creates a new container with the specified item.
	 *
	 * @param item The item, may be {@code null}.
	 */
	public Container(final T item) {
		this.item = item;
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Gets the contained item.
	 *
	 * @return The item, {@code null} if none.
	 */
	public T get() {
		return item;
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Sets the contained item.
	 *
	 * @param item The item, may be {@code null}.
	 */
	public void set(final T item) {
		this.item = item;
	}
}