craterdog.smart

Class SmartObject<S extends SmartObject<S>>

java.lang.Object

craterdog.smart.SmartObject<S>

Type Parameters:

S - The concrete type of the smart object.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<S>

public abstract class SmartObject<S extends SmartObject<S>>
extends Object
implements Comparable<S>

This abstract class provides implementations for the standard methods defined in the Object class. It also adds a generics based copy() method that is superior to the clone() method in many ways.

Author:

Derk Norton, Jeff Webb, Mukesh Jyothi, Yan Ma

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SmartObject()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	addSerializableClass(Class<?> serializable) This protected method allows a subclass to add a class type that can be serialized using its toString() method to the mappers.
protected void	addSerializableClass(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module module) This protected method allows a subclass to add a Jackson module to the set of modules used by the mappers.
int	compareTo(S object)
S	copy() This method should work for all objects.
boolean	equals(Object object) This method determines whether or not two objects are equal.
int	hashCode() This method returns a hash code for the object based on its string form.
protected String	toExposedString()
String	toString() This method returns a string containing a structured, human readable version of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SmartObject

public SmartObject()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

This method returns a string containing a structured, human readable version of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The string version of the object.

toExposedString

protected String toExposedString()

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

This method determines whether or not two objects are equal. Two objects are equal if they have the same class type and all their attributes and sub-components are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - The object to be compared with this object.

Returns:

Whether or not the two objects are equal.

compareTo

public int compareTo(S object)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<S extends SmartObject<S>>

copy

public S copy()

This method should work for all objects. However, it is very inefficient and should only be used sparingly and for unit testing.

Returns:

An exact copy of the smart object.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

This method returns a hash code for the object based on its string form. This is not a very efficient method.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

A hash code for the object.

addSerializableClass

protected void addSerializableClass(Class<?> serializable)

This protected method allows a subclass to add a class type that can be serialized using its toString() method to the mappers.

Parameters:

serializable - The type of class that can be serialized using its toString() method.

addSerializableClass

protected void addSerializableClass(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module module)

This protected method allows a subclass to add a Jackson module to the set of modules used by the mappers.

Parameters:

module - The type of class that can be serialized using its toString() method.