org.openorb.util
Class IdentityKey

java.lang.Object
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public class IdentityKey

extends java.lang.Object

Identity hash table key. Use to wrap objects to insert into hash maps where the entry should be hashed/looked up on the actual object, rather than any equals / hashCode operations it defines.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2002/06/28 08:59:06 $

Author:

Chris Wood

Constructor Summary

IdentityKey(java.lang.Object target)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Checks whether two IdentityKey instances are equal.
java.lang.Object	getTarget() Returns the internal target member.
int	hashCode() Return the hash code of the member.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IdentityKey

public IdentityKey(java.lang.Object target)

Constructor.

Parameters:

target - The object with which to initialize the internal member.

Method Detail

getTarget

public java.lang.Object getTarget()

Returns the internal target member.

Returns:

The target member.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return the hash code of the member.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The system identity hash code of the internal member.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Checks whether two IdentityKey instances are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - The instance to compare this instance to.

Returns:

True if the instances are equal, false oterhwise.