com.ebmwebsourcing.webcommons.persistence.bo
Class BaseObject

java.lang.Object
  com.ebmwebsourcing.webcommons.persistence.bo.BaseObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LongIdBaseObject, StringIdBaseObject, StringIdSearchableBaseObject, TimestampBaseObject

public abstract class BaseObject
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Base class for Model objects. Child objects should implement toString(), equals() and hashCode().

Author:

Olivier Fabre

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BaseObject()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares object equality.
abstract java.lang.Object	getId()
abstract int	hashCode() When you override equals, you should override hashCode.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Returns a multi-line String with key=value pairs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseObject

public BaseObject()

Method Detail

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Returns a multi-line String with key=value pairs.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representation of this class.

equals

public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares object equality. When using Hibernate, the primary key should not be a part of this comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - object to compare to

Returns:

true/false based on equality tests

hashCode

public abstract int hashCode()

When you override equals, you should override hashCode. See "Why are equals() and hashCode() importation" for more information: http://www.hibernate.org/109.html

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hashCode

getId

public abstract java.lang.Object getId()