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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package android.util;
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of {@link android.util.Property} to be used specifically with fields of type
+ * <code>int</code>. This type-specific subclass enables performance benefit by allowing
+ * calls to a {@link #setValue(Object, int) setValue()} function that takes the primitive
+ * <code>int</code> type and avoids autoboxing and other overhead associated with the
+ * <code>Integer</code> class.
+ *
+ * @param <T> The class on which the Property is declared.
+ */
+public abstract class IntProperty<T> extends Property<T, Integer> {
+
+    public IntProperty(String name) {
+        super(Integer.class, name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A type-specific variant of {@link #set(Object, Integer)} that is faster when dealing
+     * with fields of type <code>int</code>.
+     */
+    public abstract void setValue(T object, int value);
+
+    @Override
+    final public void set(T object, Integer value) {
+        setValue(object, value.intValue());
+    }
+
+}
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