org.protempa.proposition

Class DefaultLocalUniqueId

java.lang.Object

org.protempa.proposition.DefaultLocalUniqueId

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, LocalUniqueId

public class DefaultLocalUniqueId
extends Object
implements LocalUniqueId

Author:

Andrew Post

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultLocalUniqueId()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LocalUniqueId	clone() Makes a shallow copy of this instance.
String	getId() Gets a string identifier that is unique to a proposition for all propositions with its proposition id.
int	getNumericalId() Gets a number that is to unique to the proposition for all propositions for a keyid with the same proposition id.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultLocalUniqueId

public DefaultLocalUniqueId()

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: LocalUniqueId

Gets a string identifier that is unique to a proposition for all propositions with its proposition id. This string must be the same every time the proposition is accessed from the data source backend.

Specified by:

getId in interface LocalUniqueId

Returns:

string representation of this unique identifier.

getNumericalId

public int getNumericalId()

Description copied from interface: LocalUniqueId

Gets a number that is to unique to the proposition for all propositions for a keyid with the same proposition id. This number must be the same every time the proposition is accessed from the data source backend. If no such number can be constructed from the data in the data source, then you may return the same number for every proposition, but keep in mind that some query results handlers rely on a number to distinguish instances of data with the same value recorded at the same time. Such query results handlers may treat propositions with the same proposition id and numerical local unique id as duplicates.

Specified by:

getNumericalId in interface LocalUniqueId

Returns:

a numerical value unique to propositions with this id.

clone

public LocalUniqueId clone()

Description copied from interface: LocalUniqueId

Makes a shallow copy of this instance.

Specified by:

clone in interface LocalUniqueId

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a LocalUniqueId that is equal to this instance.