com.beasys.commerce.foundation
Class SmartKey

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.beasys.commerce.foundation.SmartKey

Direct Known Subclasses:

AlphaNumericSequencerPk, ContentPk, EmptySmartKey, GroupPk, SchemaPk, UserPk

public abstract class SmartKey

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

For each Entity there must be a primary key class derived from SmartKey. Implementing SmartKey requires that the classes be serializable and comparable.

See Also:

Entity, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SmartKey()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

abstract int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o) Compares a given object with this SmartKey.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Indicates whether some other Object is equivalent to this SmartKey.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of the SmartKey.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SmartKey

public SmartKey()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

compareTo

public abstract int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Compares a given object with this SmartKey.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

o - the Object to be compared.

Returns:

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

Throws:

ClastCastException - if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared with this SmartKey.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Indicates whether some other Object is equivalent to this SmartKey.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - the Object to be compared.

Returns:

true if the supplied Object is equivalent, false otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of the SmartKey.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A String representation of the SmartKey.