net.dpml.metro.info
Class PartReference

java.lang.Object
  net.dpml.metro.info.PartReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public class PartReference
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable

A PartReference is a serializable object that contains a key and an associated part.

Version:

1.2.0

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PartReference(String key, Directive directive)
Creation of a new part reference.

PartReference(String key, Directive directive, int priority)
Creation of a new part reference.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object other) Compare this object with the supplied object.
boolean	equals(Object other) Test if the supplied object is equal to this object.
Directive	getDirective() Return the directive.
String	getKey() Return the key.
int	getPriority() Return the priority value.
int	hashCode() Return the hashcode for the instance.
String	toString() Return a string representation of the instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PartReference

public PartReference(String key,
                     Directive directive)

Creation of a new part reference.

Parameters:

key - the key identifying this part within the scope of its container

directive - the directive

PartReference

public PartReference(String key,
                     Directive directive,
                     int priority)

Creation of a new part reference.

Parameters:

key - the key identifying this part within the scope of its container

directive - the directive

priority - the relative priority

Method Detail

getKey

public String getKey()

Return the key.

Returns:

the key

getDirective

public Directive getDirective()

Return the directive.

Returns:

the directive

getPriority

public int getPriority()

Return the priority value.

Returns:

the priority ranking of this reference

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

Compare this object with the supplied object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

other - the object to compare with

Returns:

the result

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Test if the supplied object is equal to this object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

other - the object to compare with this instance

Returns:

TRUE if the supplied object is equal to this object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return the hashcode for the instance.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the instance hashcode

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of the instance.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation