org.jcsp.net
Class ApplicationID

java.lang.Object
  org.jcsp.net.AbstractID
      org.jcsp.net.ApplicationID

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ApplicationID
extends AbstractID
implements Serializable

A Class whose instances represent a unique identifier for a JCSP.NET application. An application is defined as being a process network that forms a complete program. Applications have a parent Node which is the Node on which the application was started.

For a full explanation, see AbstractID.

Author:

Quickstone Technologies Limited

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Compares the supplied Object with this ApplicationID.
AbstractID	getParentID() Returns the parent NodeID of this object.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code for this Object.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String representation of this object. The current implemenation returns a human readable String which shows the application's home NodeID and the integer application id.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the String representing this Application ID.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the supplied Object with this ApplicationID.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - another Object to compare with this ApplicationID.

Returns:

true iff the parameter o is an ApplicationID that represents the same application as this object.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this Object. Two equal ApplicationID objects return the same hash code.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

an int hash code.

getParentID

public AbstractID getParentID()

Returns the parent NodeID of this object.

Specified by:

getParentID in class AbstractID

Returns:

the parent NodeID.