net.dpml.lang
Class PID

java.lang.Object
  net.dpml.lang.PID

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class PID

extends Object

implements Serializable

The PID class is a process identifer.

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

The Digital Product Meta Library

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PID()
Creation of a new process identifier.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other) Test if a supplied object is equal to this process identifier.
int	getValue() Return the process identifier int value.
int	hashCode() Return the hashcode for this PID instance.
String	toString() Return the string representation of this process identifier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PID

public PID()

Creation of a new process identifier.

Method Detail

getValue

public int getValue()

Return the process identifier int value.

Returns:

the process id value

toString

public String toString()

Return the string representation of this process identifier.

Returns:

the process identifier as a string

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Test if a supplied object is equal to this process identifier.

Parameters:

other - the object to compare with this object

Returns:

TRUE if the objects are equivalent

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return the hashcode for this PID instance.

Returns:

the hashcode value