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Interface AclObjectIdentity  view AclObjectIdentity download AclObjectIdentity.java

All Superinterfaces:
java.io.Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
NamedEntityObjectIdentity

public interface AclObjectIdentity
extends java.io.Serializable

Interface representing the identity of an individual domain object instance.

It should be noted that AclObjectIdentity instances are created in various locations throughout the package. As AclObjectIdentitys are used as the key for caching, it is essential that implementations provide methods so that object-equality rather than reference-equality can be relied upon by caches. In other words, a cache can consider two AclObjectIdentitys equal if identity1.equals(identity2), rather than reference-equality of identity1==identity2.

In practical terms this means you must implement the standard java.lang.Object methods shown below. Depending on your cache's internal structure, you may also need to implement special interfaces such as java.util.Comparator or java.lang.Comparable.

Version:
$Id: AclObjectIdentity.java,v 1.1 2004/07/29 07:51:19 benalex Exp $

Method Summary
 boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
          Refer to the java.lang.Object documentation for the interface contract.
 int hashCode()
          Refer to the java.lang.Object documentation for the interface contract.
 

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
Refer to the java.lang.Object documentation for the interface contract.


hashCode

public int hashCode()
Refer to the java.lang.Object documentation for the interface contract.