org.ow2.dragon.persistence.bo.common
Class BaseObject

java.lang.Object
  org.ow2.dragon.persistence.bo.common.BaseObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

NonSearchableBaseObject, SearchableBaseObject

public abstract class BaseObject
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Base class for Model objects. Child objects should implement toString(), equals() and hashCode().

Author:

Matt Raible, Olivier Fabre

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BaseObject()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares object equality.
java.util.Date	getCreated()
java.util.Date	getLastUpdated()
abstract int	hashCode() When you override equals, you should override hashCode.
void	setCreated(java.util.Date created)
void	setLastUpdated(java.util.Date lastUpdated)
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Returns a multi-line String with key=value pairs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseObject

public BaseObject()

Method Detail

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Returns a multi-line String with key=value pairs.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representation of this class.

equals

public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares object equality. When using Hibernate, the primary key should not be a part of this comparison.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - object to compare to

Returns:

true/false based on equality tests

hashCode

public abstract int hashCode()

When you override equals, you should override hashCode. See "Why are equals() and hashCode() importation" for more information: http://www.hibernate.org/109.html

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hashCode

getCreated

public java.util.Date getCreated()

setCreated

public void setCreated(java.util.Date created)

getLastUpdated

public java.util.Date getLastUpdated()

setLastUpdated

public void setLastUpdated(java.util.Date lastUpdated)