uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.util.persist
Class PersistentKey

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.util.persist.PersistentKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class PersistentKey
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

PersistentKey.java

Encapsulates a key to be persisted

Author:

Duc M Le dmle@doc.ic.ac.uk
Created on August 2, 2006
Department of Computing, Imperial College

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PersistentKey(java.lang.String id)
Creates a new instance of PersistentKey

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object anotherKey)
com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseEntry	getKeyObject() Return the actual database entry object of the key
java.lang.String	toString() Output the key's id

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PersistentKey

public PersistentKey(java.lang.String id)

Creates a new instance of PersistentKey

Method Detail

getKeyObject

public com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseEntry getKeyObject()

Return the actual database entry object of the key

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Output the key's id

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object anotherKey)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object