org.seedstack.business.api.domain

Interface Entity<ID>

Type Parameters:

ID - the type of the entityId

All Superinterfaces:

DomainObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AggregateRoot<ID>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseAggregateRoot, BaseEntity

@DomainEntity
public interface Entity<ID>
extends DomainObject

This interface is the parent type for all implementations of Entity in the Business Framework.

This interface should not be used directly as we already provide a base implementation for equals and hashcode.

Author:

epo.jemba@ext.mpsa.com

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object other) Entities compare by identity, not by attributes.
ID	getEntityId() Gets the entity id.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Method Detail

getEntityId

ID getEntityId()

Gets the entity id.

Returns:

the entity id

equals

boolean equals(Object other)

Entities compare by identity, not by attributes.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

other - The other entity.

Returns:

true if the identities are the same, regardles of other attributes.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object