com.agenarisk.api.model.field

Class Id

java.lang.Object

com.agenarisk.api.model.field.Id

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Id>

public class Id
extends Object
implements Comparable<Id>

This class represents a unique String ID

Author:

Eugene Dementiev

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Id(String value) Constructor of this ID.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Id o) Compares two ID objects by first using case-insensitive String comparison of their respective values.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this and specified objects.
String	getValue() Returns this ID's value.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code of this ID based on its value.
String	toString() Returns the string representation of this ID which is its value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Id

public Id(String value)

Constructor of this ID.

Parameters:

value - the String value of this ID

Method Detail

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns this ID's value.

Returns:

value of this ID

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code of this ID based on its value.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

hash code of this ID

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares this and specified objects. If the specified object is also an ID, then equality is established by case-insensitive String equality.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - object to check equality against

Returns:

true if the specified object is the same as this one, or if the specified ID's value is the same as this ones, ignoring case considerations

compareTo

public int compareTo(Id o)

Compares two ID objects by first using case-insensitive String comparison of their respective values.
Then, if IDs compare as same, then they are also compared taking the case into consideration.
Upper-case characters will precede lower-case characters.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Id>

Parameters:

o - the ID to compare to

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer if the value of this ID precedes the one of the specified ID

toString

public String toString()

Returns the string representation of this ID which is its value.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

string representation of this ID