org.modeshape.graph.property.basic
Class UuidReference

java.lang.Object
  org.modeshape.graph.property.basic.UuidReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Reference>, Reference

@Immutable
public class UuidReference
extends Object
implements Reference

A Reference implementation that uses a single UUID as the pointer.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

UuidReference(UUID uuid)

UuidReference(UUID uuid, boolean weak)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Reference that)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getString() Get the string form of the Reference.
String	getString(TextEncoder encoder) Get the encoded string form of the Reference, using the supplied encoder to encode characters in the reference.
UUID	getUuid()
boolean	isWeak() Determine whether this reference is considered a weak reference.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UuidReference

public UuidReference(UUID uuid)

UuidReference

public UuidReference(UUID uuid,
                     boolean weak)

Method Detail

getUuid

public UUID getUuid()

Returns:

uuid

getString

public String getString()

Get the string form of the Reference. The default encoder is used to encode characters in the reference.

Specified by:

getString in interface Reference

Returns:

the encoded string

See Also:

Reference.getString(TextEncoder)

getString

public String getString(TextEncoder encoder)

Get the encoded string form of the Reference, using the supplied encoder to encode characters in the reference.

Specified by:

getString in interface Reference

Parameters:

encoder - the encoder to use, or null if the default encoder should be used

Returns:

the encoded string

See Also:

Reference.getString()

isWeak

public boolean isWeak()

Determine whether this reference is considered a weak reference.

Specified by:

isWeak in interface Reference

Returns:

true if this is a weak reference, or false otherwise

See Also:

Reference.isWeak()

compareTo

public int compareTo(Reference that)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Reference>

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object