org.openehr.rm.support.identification
Class ObjectID

java.lang.Object
  org.openehr.rm.RMObject
      org.openehr.rm.support.identification.ObjectID

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArchetypeID, HierarchicalObjectID, TerminologyID

public abstract class ObjectID
extends RMObject

Ancestor class of identifiers of informational objects. Ids may be completely meaningless, in which case their only job is to refer to something, or may carry some information to do with the identified object.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Rong Chen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected	ObjectID()
	ObjectID(java.lang.String value) Create objectID by string value

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Return true if both have same value and
java.lang.String	getValue() The value of this objectID
int	hashCode() Return a hash code value of this objectID
java.lang.String	toString() Return value as string presentation of this objectID
abstract java.lang.String	versionID() Return version of information pointed to by this ID, if versioning is supported.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectID

public ObjectID(java.lang.String value)

Create objectID by string value

Parameters:

value -

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if value is empty

ObjectID

protected ObjectID()

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

The value of this objectID

Returns:

value

versionID

public abstract java.lang.String versionID()

Return version of information pointed to by this ID, if versioning is supported.

Returns:

versionID null if not present

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Return true if both have same value and

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - The object to which this object is to be compared

Returns:

true if equals

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code value of this objectID

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hash code

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return value as string presentation of this objectID

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string presentation