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java.rmi.server

Class UID

Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
public final class UID
extends Object
implements Serializable
Represents the unique identifier over time for the host which has generated it. It contains time (when created), counter (the number of the UID creation order) and virtual machine id components. The UID can also be constructed specifying a "well known" identifier in the for of short: this identifier defines the UID uniqueness alone.
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

UID()
Create the new UID that would have the described features of the uniqueness.
UID(short wellKnownId)
Create the new UID with the well known id (number).

Method Summary

boolean
equals(Object other)
Compare this UID with another UID for equality (not equal to other types of objects).
int
hashCode()
Get the hashCode of this UID.
static UID
read(DataInput in)
String
toString()
Get the string representation of this UID.
void
write(DataOutput out)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

UID

public UID()
Create the new UID that would have the described features of the uniqueness.

UID

public UID(short wellKnownId)
Create the new UID with the well known id (number). All UIDs, creates with the this constructor having the same parameter are equal to each other (regardless to the host and time where they were created.
Parameters:
wellKnownId - the well known UID.

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)
Compare this UID with another UID for equality (not equal to other types of objects).
Overrides:
equals in interface Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Get the hashCode of this UID.
Overrides:
hashCode in interface Object

read

public static UID read(DataInput in)
            throws IOException

toString

public String toString()
Get the string representation of this UID.
Overrides:
toString in interface Object
Returns:
a string, uniquely identifying this id.

write

public void write(DataOutput out)
            throws IOException
UID.java -- The unique object Id Copyright (c) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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