nextapp.echoservlet
Class Id

java.lang.Object
  nextapp.echoservlet.Id

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

public final class Id
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

A unique identifier. Each subsequent construction of an identifier will have a value greater than the previous.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Id()
Creates a new identifier.

Id(java.lang.String value)
Creates a new identifier from a string.

Method Summary

void	annotate(java.lang.String annotation)
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the identifier as a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Id

public Id()

Creates a new identifier.

Id

public Id(java.lang.String value)

Creates a new identifier from a string.

Parameters:

value - A string representation of the desired identifier.

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

See Also:

Comparable.compareTo(Object)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.equals(Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the identifier as a string. The contents of the string will be a hexadecimal value.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string representation of the identifier.

annotate

public void annotate(java.lang.String annotation)