pla.data
Class NamedThing

java.lang.Object
  pla.data.NamedThing

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Category, NodeThing, Setting

public abstract class NamedThing
extends Object
implements Comparable

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

Constructor Summary

NamedThing(String name)
Construct a named thing.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o)
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getName()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NamedThing

public NamedThing(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 String getName()

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object