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Interface ESPK

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityBranch.EntityNode

public interface ESPK

An interface for a unique Entity identifier. Any particular ESPK uniquely identifies an Entity within a particular store. The ESPK is valid for the duration of connection to the store. ESPK Implementations are created by the providers for the various underlying stores, e.g. ascending integer ids for a database, a DN string for LDAP etc.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Although the Object class in java guarantees the equals method, capture it here for completeness
int	hashCode() Although the Object class in java guarantees the hashCode method, capture it here for completeness
java.lang.String	toString() Retrieve a string representation of the key.

Method Detail

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Retrieve a string representation of the key.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A String encoding of the key.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Although the Object class in java guarantees the hashCode method, capture it here for completeness

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A hashcode for the key

equals

boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Although the Object class in java guarantees the equals method, capture it here for completeness

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

True if this key equals another one, false otherwise