com.ibm.aglet
Class AgletID

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.ibm.aglet.AgletID

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class AgletID

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

The AgletID class represents the unique identifier given the aglet.

Version:

1.10 $Date: 2001/07/28 06:33:49 $

Author:

Danny B. Lange, Mitsuru Oshima

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AgletID(byte[] b)
Constructs an aglet identifier with given byte array.

AgletID(java.lang.String rep)
Constructs an aglet identifier with a given string.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares two aglet identifiers.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer suitable for hash table indexing.
byte[]	toByteArray() Returns byte array representation of the id.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a human readable form of the aglet identifier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AgletID

public AgletID(byte[] b)

Constructs an aglet identifier with given byte array.

AgletID

public AgletID(java.lang.String rep)

Constructs an aglet identifier with a given string.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares two aglet identifiers.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the Aglet to be compared with.

Returns:

true if and only if the two Aglets are identical.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns an integer suitable for hash table indexing.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hash table indexing integer.

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()

Returns byte array representation of the id. The copy of array is returned so that it cannot be altered.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a human readable form of the aglet identifier.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the Aglet identity in text form.