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Interface Identifier

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

UUID

public interface Identifier
extends Serializable

Generic Identifier interface.

Author:

jeremyp

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
byte[]	getValue()
int	hashCode()
String	toHexString()
String	toString()

Method Detail

getValue

byte[] getValue()

Returns:

the byte-array value for this identifier

toHexString

String toHexString()

Returns:

a hex-string representation of the byte value

toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

human-readable String representation

equals

boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - The object to which this id should be compared

Returns:

true if this Identifier is equal to another, false otherwise

hashCode

int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a valid hash-code for this id