uk.ac.ebi.intact.model
Class Institution

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.model.IntactObjectImpl
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        +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.model.Institution

All Implemented Interfaces:

IntactObject, java.io.Serializable

public class Institution

extends IntactObjectImpl

implements java.io.Serializable

Represents the contact details for an institution.

Version:

$Id: Institution.java,v 1.9 2004/01/31 11:33:13 skerrien Exp $

Author:

Henning Hermjakob

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	fullName TODO comments
protected java.lang.String	postalAddress Postal address.
protected java.lang.String	shortLabel The name of the institution.
protected java.lang.String	url TODO comments

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.model.IntactObjectImpl

ac, NEW_LINE

Constructor Summary

Institution(java.lang.String shortLabel)
This constructor ensures creation of a valid Institution.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Equality for Institutions is currently based on equal shortLabels and fullNames.
java.lang.String	getFullName()
java.lang.String	getPostalAddress()
java.lang.String	getShortLabel()
java.lang.String	getUrl()
int	hashCode() This class overwrites equals.
void	setFullName(java.lang.String fullName)
void	setPostalAddress(java.lang.String postalAddress)
void	setShortLabel(java.lang.String shortLabel)
void	setUrl(java.lang.String url)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.intact.model.IntactObjectImpl

getAc, getCreated, getUpdated, setAc, setCreated, setUpdated

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

shortLabel

protected java.lang.String shortLabel

The name of the institution.

postalAddress

protected java.lang.String postalAddress

Postal address. Format: One string with line breaks.

fullName

protected java.lang.String fullName

TODO comments

url

protected java.lang.String url

TODO comments

Constructor Detail

Institution

public Institution(java.lang.String shortLabel)

This constructor ensures creation of a valid Institution. Specifically it must have at least a shortLabel defined since this is indexed in persistent store. Note that a side-effect of this constructor is to set the created and updated fields of the instance to the current time.

Parameters:

shortLabel - The short label used to refer to this Institution.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if an attempt is made to create an Instiution without defining a shortLabel.

Method Detail

getShortLabel

public java.lang.String getShortLabel()

setShortLabel

public void setShortLabel(java.lang.String shortLabel)

getPostalAddress

public java.lang.String getPostalAddress()

setPostalAddress

public void setPostalAddress(java.lang.String postalAddress)

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

setFullName

public void setFullName(java.lang.String fullName)

getUrl

public java.lang.String getUrl()

setUrl

public void setUrl(java.lang.String url)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Equality for Institutions is currently based on equal shortLabels and fullNames.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - The object to check

Returns:

true if the parameter equlas this object, false otherwise

hashCode

public int hashCode()

This class overwrites equals. To ensure proper functioning of HashTable, hashCode must be overwritten, too.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hash code of the object.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface IntactObject

Overrides:

toString in class IntactObjectImpl