com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base
Class UniqueClassConstrainedKey

java.lang.Object
  com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueObject
      com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueClassConstrainedKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClassConstrainedKey, ConstrainedKey

public class UniqueClassConstrainedKey

extends UniqueObject

implements ClassConstrainedKey

A UniqueObject base class implementing ClassConstrainedKey

Constructor Summary

UniqueClassConstrainedKey(Class guarantee)
Constructor

UniqueClassConstrainedKey(String description, Class guarantee)
Constructor

Method Summary

Class	getConstrainingClass() Get the class of the constraint.
boolean	isConstraintSatisfiedBy(Object obj) Returns true if the given object matches the constraint.

Methods inherited from class com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueObject

equals, getUniqueObjectID, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UniqueClassConstrainedKey

public UniqueClassConstrainedKey(Class guarantee)

Constructor

Parameters:

guarantee - the guaranteed class representing the constraint

UniqueClassConstrainedKey

public UniqueClassConstrainedKey(String description,
                                 Class guarantee)

Constructor

Parameters:

description - the description string returned by toString

guarantee - the guaranteed class representing the constraint

Method Detail

getConstrainingClass

public Class getConstrainingClass()

Get the class of the constraint.

Specified by:

getConstrainingClass in interface ClassConstrainedKey

Returns:

a Class that must be assignable from all legal values

isConstraintSatisfiedBy

public boolean isConstraintSatisfiedBy(Object obj)

Returns true if the given object matches the constraint.

Specified by:

isConstraintSatisfiedBy in interface ConstrainedKey

Parameters:

obj - object to test

Returns:

true if the object matches the constraint