arlut.csd.ganymede
Class Invid

java.lang.Object
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  +--arlut.csd.ganymede.Invid

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class Invid

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

An Invid is an immutable object id (an INVariant ID) in the Ganymede system. All objects created in the database have a unique and permanent Invid that identify the object's type and identity. Because of these properties, the Invid can be used as a persistent object pointer type.

Invid's are used extensively in the server to track pointer relationships between objects. Invid's are also used by the client to identify objects to be viewed, edited, deleted, etc. Basically whenever any code in Ganymede deals with a reference to an object, it is done through the use of Invid's.

See Also:

InvidDBField, Session, Serialized Form

Field Summary

private int	num
(package private) static long	serialVersionUID
private short	type

Constructor Summary

Invid(java.io.DataInput in)
Receive constructor

Invid(short type, int num)

Invid(java.lang.String string)
This is the string constructor..

Method Summary

void	emit(java.io.DataOutput out) Method to write this Invid out to a stream.
boolean	equals(Invid invid)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
int	getNum()
short	getType()
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

type

private short type

num

private int num

Constructor Detail

Invid

public Invid(short type,
             int num)

Invid

public Invid(java.io.DataInput in)
      throws java.io.IOException

Receive constructor

Invid

public Invid(java.lang.String string)

This is the string constructor.. string should be a pair of colon separated numbers, in the form 5:134 where the first number is the short type and the second is the int object number.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(Invid invid)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

getType

public short getType()

getNum

public int getNum()

emit

public void emit(java.io.DataOutput out)
          throws java.io.IOException

Method to write this Invid out to a stream.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object