net.ramapuram.thomas.model
Class BaseObject

java.lang.Object
  net.ramapuram.thomas.model.BaseObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Address, Book, Comment, Role, User

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:

Matt Raible

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BaseObject()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares object equality.
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