org.hawkular.inventory.api.model

Class Entity<B extends Entity.Blueprint,U extends AbstractElement.Update>

java.lang.Object

org.hawkular.inventory.api.model.AbstractElement<B,U>

org.hawkular.inventory.api.model.Entity<B,U>

Direct Known Subclasses:

Tenant, TenantBasedEntity

public abstract class Entity<B extends Entity.Blueprint,U extends AbstractElement.Update>
extends AbstractElement<B,U>

Base class for all Hawkular entities.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Lukas Krejci

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Entity.Blueprint

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.hawkular.inventory.api.model.AbstractElement

AbstractElement.Update, AbstractElement.Updater<U extends AbstractElement.Update,E extends AbstractElement<?,U>>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.hawkular.inventory.api.model.AbstractElement

id, ID_PROPERTY, properties

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract <R,P> R	accept(EntityVisitor<R,P> visitor, P parameter) Accepts the provided visitor.
protected void	appendToString(StringBuilder toStringBuilder) Use this to append additional information to the string representation of this instance returned from the (final) toString().
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.hawkular.inventory.api.model.AbstractElement

equals, getId, getProperties, hashCode, update, valueOrDefault

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

accept

public abstract <R,P> R accept(EntityVisitor<R,P> visitor,
                               P parameter)

Accepts the provided visitor.

Type Parameters:

R - the return type

P - the type of the parameter

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor to visit this entity

parameter - the parameter to pass on to the visitor

Returns:

the return value provided by the visitor

appendToString

protected void appendToString(StringBuilder toStringBuilder)

Use this to append additional information to the string representation of this instance returned from the (final) toString().

Generally, one should call the super method first and then only add additional information to the builder.

Parameters:

toStringBuilder - the builder to append stuff to.

toString

public final String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object