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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.utils.builtindatatype;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangDataTypes;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the YANG's int16 data type processing.
+ *
+ * int16 represents integer values between -32768 and 32767, inclusively.
+ */
+public class YangInt16 implements YangBuiltInDataTypeInfo<YangInt16>, Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8006201667L;
+
+    /**
+     * YANG's min keyword.
+     */
+    private static final String MIN_KEYWORD = "min";
+
+    /**
+     * YANG's max keyword.
+     */
+    private static final String MAX_KEYWORD = "max";
+
+    /**
+     * Valid minimum value of YANG's int16.
+     */
+    public static final short MIN_VALUE = -32768;
+
+    /**
+     * Valid maximum value of YANG's int16.
+     */
+    public static final short MAX_VALUE = 32767;
+
+    /**
+     * The value of YANG's int16.
+     */
+    private final short value;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an object with the value initialized with value represented in
+     * string.
+     *
+     * @param valueInString value of the object in string
+     */
+    public YangInt16(String valueInString) {
+
+        if (valueInString.matches(MIN_KEYWORD)) {
+            value = MIN_VALUE;
+        } else if (valueInString.matches(MAX_KEYWORD)) {
+            value = MAX_VALUE;
+        } else {
+            try {
+                value = Short.parseShort(valueInString);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new DataTypeException("YANG file error : Input value \"" + valueInString + "\" is not a valid " +
+                        "int16.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns YANG's int16 value.
+     *
+     * @return value of YANG's int16
+     */
+    public short getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(YangInt16 anotherYangInt16) {
+        return Short.compare(value, anotherYangInt16.value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public YangDataTypes getYangType() {
+        return YangDataTypes.INT16;
+    }
+
+}