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+//
+// $Id$
+
+package com.threerings.stats.data;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.EOFException;
+
+import com.threerings.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the {@link IntStat} by maintaining the maximum value that the stat has ever been
+ * assigned (unlike {@link MaxIntStat}, which tracks the maximum value that the stat has ever 
+ * been incremented by).
+ */
+public class MaxValueIntStat extends IntStat
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the maximum value that this integer statistic has ever been assigned.
+     */
+    public int getMaxValue ()
+    {
+        return _maxValue;
+    }
+    
+    @Override // from IntStat
+    public boolean setValue (int value)
+    {
+        _maxValue = Math.max(value, _maxValue);
+        return super.setValue(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override // from IntStat
+    public String valueToString ()
+    {
+        return super.valueToString() + " " + String.valueOf(_maxValue);
+    }
+
+    @Override // from IntStat
+    public void persistTo (ObjectOutputStream out, AuxDataSource aux)
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        super.persistTo(out, aux);
+        out.writeInt(_maxValue);
+    }
+
+    @Override // from IntStat
+    public void unpersistFrom (ObjectInputStream in, AuxDataSource aux)
+        throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
+    {
+        super.unpersistFrom(in, aux);
+        _maxValue = in.readInt();
+    }
+
+    /** The largest value ever accumulated to this stat. */
+    protected int _maxValue;
+}