com.metamatrix.core.id
Class StringID

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.core.id.StringID

All Implemented Interfaces:

ObjectID, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

public class StringID
extends java.lang.Object
implements ObjectID, java.io.Serializable

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

PROTOCOL

Fields inherited from interface com.metamatrix.core.id.ObjectID

DELIMITER

Constructor Summary

protected	StringID(long id)
protected	StringID(java.lang.String id)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object obj) Compares this object to another.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) /** Returns true if the specified object is semantically equal to this instance.
java.lang.String	getProtocol() Return the name of the protocol that this factory uses.
protected java.lang.String	getValue()
int	hashCode() Get hash code for object
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representing the current state of the object.
java.lang.String	toString(char delim) Returns a string representing the current state of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PROTOCOL

public static final java.lang.String PROTOCOL

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

StringID

protected StringID(java.lang.String id)

StringID

protected StringID(long id)

Method Detail

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Get hash code for object

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

Hash code

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

/** Returns true if the specified object is semantically equal to this instance. Note: this method is consistent with compareTo().

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object that this instance is to be compared to.

Returns:

whether the object is equal to this object.

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares this object to another. If the specified object is not an instance of the StringID class, then this method throws a ClassCastException (as instances are comparable only to instances of the same class). Note: this method is consistent with equals(), meaning that (compare(x, y)==0) == (x.equals(y)).

Specified by:

compareTo in interface ObjectID

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

obj - the object that this instance is to be compared to; may not be null.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object, respectively.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared to this instance.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representing the current state of the object.

Specified by:

toString in interface ObjectID

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this instance.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(char delim)

Description copied from interface: ObjectID

Returns a string representing the current state of the object.

Specified by:

toString in interface ObjectID

Parameters:

delim - the delimiter that should be used

Returns:

the string representation of this instance.

See Also:

ObjectID.toString(char)

getProtocol

public java.lang.String getProtocol()

Return the name of the protocol that this factory uses.

Specified by:

getProtocol in interface ObjectID

Returns:

the protocol name

getValue

protected java.lang.String getValue()