org.jcsp.net
Class NodeUIImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.jcsp.net.NodeUI
      org.jcsp.net.NodeUIImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public class NodeUIImpl
extends NodeUI

This is a default implementation for NodeUI that is used if no other implementation is supplied.

Author:

Quickstone Technologies Limited

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected	NodeUIImpl() Constructor which is used as standard to create a new NodeUIImpl object.
	NodeUIImpl(String s) A constructor which takes a String that should be in the format of that returned by the getImplStringForm() method.

Method Summary

boolean	checkEqual(NodeUI other) Compares another NodeUI with this NodeUIImpl.
protected String	getComparisonString() Returns a String that can be used by the superclass to compare two NodeUI objects.
String	getImplStringForm() Returns a String object that can be used with the constructor that takes a String parameter.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code for this object.

Methods inherited from class org.jcsp.net.NodeUI

compareTo, createFromStringForm, equals

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NodeUIImpl

protected NodeUIImpl()

Constructor which is used as standard to create a new NodeUIImpl object.

NodeUIImpl

public NodeUIImpl(String s)

A constructor which takes a String that should be in the format of that returned by the getImplStringForm() method.

Parameters:

s - a String used to construct the NodeUIImpl object.

Method Detail

getImplStringForm

public String getImplStringForm()

Returns a String object that can be used with the constructor that takes a String parameter.

Specified by:

getImplStringForm in class NodeUI

Returns:

a String that holds this object in "string form".

checkEqual

public final boolean checkEqual(NodeUI other)

Compares another NodeUI with this NodeUIImpl.

Specified by:

checkEqual in class NodeUI

Parameters:

other - another NodeUI to compare with this object.

Returns:

true iff the NodeUI supplied is a NodeUIImpl object that contains the same internal unique identifier as this object.

getComparisonString

protected String getComparisonString()

Returns a String that can be used by the superclass to compare two NodeUI objects.

Specified by:

getComparisonString in class NodeUI

Returns:

a String that follows the rules stated for this method in the NodeUI class.

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this object.

Specified by:

hashCode in class NodeUI

Returns:

an int hash code for this object.