org.snf4j.core

Class IdentifiableObject

java.lang.Object

org.snf4j.core.IdentifiableObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractSession, DefaultSelectorLoopPool, SelectorLoop

public class IdentifiableObject
extends Object

Base class for objects that are identified by an id and their name.

Author:

SNF4J.ORG

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	IdentifiableObject(String prefix, long id, String name) Constructs an identifiable object with the specified prefix, id and name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getId() Returns the unique id of this object.
String	getName() Returns the name of this object.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IdentifiableObject

protected IdentifiableObject(String prefix,
                             long id,
                             String name)

Constructs an identifiable object with the specified prefix, id and name.

Parameters:

prefix - the prefix used to generate string representation of this object

id - the id of the object

name - the name of the object or null if the name should be auto generated

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object. It can be formatted in the following ways:

a. if the name argument passed to the constructor was specified

 return prefix + name;
 

b. if the name argument passed to the constructor was null

 return prefix + Long.toString(id);
 

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this object

getId

public final long getId()

Returns the unique id of this object. The id is auto generated during the construction of the object.

Returns:

the unique id of this object

getName

public final String getName()

Returns the name of this object. If the name passed to the constructor was null it returns auto generated name that is formatted in the following way:

 return prefix + Long.toString(id);
 

Returns:

the name of this object