uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.view
Class AbstractEditKeyBean

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommentBean, XreferenceBean

public abstract class AbstractEditKeyBean

extends AbstractEditBean

Generic edit bean with keys. Acts as a super class for CommentBean and XreferenceBean classes.

Version:

$Id: AbstractEditKeyBean.java,v 1.3 2004/03/17 17:19:54 smudali Exp $

Author:

Sugath Mudali (smudali@ebi.ac.uk)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.view.AbstractEditBean

SAVE, VIEW

Constructor Summary

AbstractEditKeyBean()
Default constructor; the internal key is set to a default value.

AbstractEditKeyBean(long key)
Constructs with given key.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares obj with this object according to Java's equals() contract.
long	getKey() Returns the key assigned to this bean.
protected void	reset() Resets the internal key.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.application.editor.struts.view.AbstractEditBean

equals, getEditState, getLink, setEditState

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractEditKeyBean

public AbstractEditKeyBean()

Default constructor; the internal key is set to a default value.

AbstractEditKeyBean

public AbstractEditKeyBean(long key)

Constructs with given key.

Parameters:

key -

Method Detail

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares obj with this object according to Java's equals() contract. Only returns true if the internal keys for both objects match. Made it final to allow slice comparision without violating transitivity law for equals() method.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare.

getKey

public long getKey()

Returns the key assigned to this bean.

Returns:

the key as a long.

reset

protected void reset()

Resets the internal key. This is important as we want the application to believe that we are dealing with a new edit bean but without actually creating a new one.