Package de.xima.fc.workflow

Class UuidEntityRef

java.lang.Object

de.xima.fc.workflow.UuidEntityRef

All Implemented Interfaces:

IEntityReference, Serializable

public final class UuidEntityRef
extends Object
implements IEntityReference

Models a reference to another entity via the UUID of that entity. Supports JSON serialization and deserialization. All fields of this class should not be null, to indicate a missing reference use null instead of an instance of this class.

Since:

7.0.0

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UuidEntityRef()	For JSON serialization / deserialization only.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
static <TEntity extends IUUIDEntity> UuidEntityRef	forEntity(TEntity entity)	Creates a new entity reference for the given UUID entity.
static <TEntity extends IUUIDEntity> UuidEntityRef	forUuid(UUID uuid, Class<TEntity> entityClass)	Creates a new entity reference with the given UUID and entity class.
Class<? extends IUUIDEntity>	getEntityClass()
UUID	getUuid()
int	hashCode()
void	setEntityClass(Class<? extends IUUIDEntity> entityClass)
void	setUuid(UUID uuid)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UuidEntityRef

public UuidEntityRef()

For JSON serialization / deserialization only. Use the static factory methods.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getEntityClass

public Class<? extends IUUIDEntity> getEntityClass()

Specified by:

getEntityClass in interface IEntityReference

Returns:

Type of the referenced class.

getUuid

public UUID getUuid()

Specified by:

getUuid in interface IEntityReference

Returns:

The UUID of the referenced entity.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

setEntityClass

public void setEntityClass(Class<? extends IUUIDEntity> entityClass)

Parameters:

entityClass - Type of the referenced class.

setUuid

public void setUuid(UUID uuid)

Parameters:

uuid - Type of the referenced class.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

forEntity

public static <TEntity extends IUUIDEntity> UuidEntityRef forEntity(TEntity entity)

Creates a new entity reference for the given UUID entity.

Type Parameters:

TEntity - Type of the referenced entity.

Parameters:

entity - An entity for which to create a reference.

Returns:

A new instance with the given UUID and class, or null when the given entity is null.

forUuid

public static <TEntity extends IUUIDEntity> UuidEntityRef forUuid(UUID uuid,
                                                                  Class<TEntity> entityClass)

Creates a new entity reference with the given UUID and entity class.

Type Parameters:

TEntity - Type of the referenced entity.

Parameters:

uuid - UUID of the referenced entity.

entityClass - Type of the referenced entity.

Returns:

A new instance with the given UUID and class, or null when the given UUID or entity class is null.