g2d.identity
Class NamedThing

java.lang.Object
  g2d.identity.NamedThing

Direct Known Subclasses:

Essence

public abstract class NamedThing
extends java.lang.Object

Abstract class to define things that are distinguished uniquely by their name. The name is set at construction time and is used for testing of equality. The name must be non-null and not empty (after trimming white-space), otherwise runtime exceptions are thrown.

The named things are case-insensitive with respect to equality and ordering.

Author:

linda

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

name

Constructor Summary

NamedThing(java.lang.String name)
Construct a named thing.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(NamedThing nt)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
java.lang.String	getName()
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

Constructor Detail

NamedThing

public NamedThing(java.lang.String name)

Construct a named thing. The given name must be non-null and non-empty (after trimming), otherwise constructor throws a RuntimeException.

Parameters:

name - String containing name

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

compareTo

public int compareTo(NamedThing nt)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object