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Class SingleFieldIdentity</H2>
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java.lang.Object
<IMG SRC="../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><B>javax.jdo.identity.SingleFieldIdentity</B>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD>java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable</DD>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/ByteIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">ByteIdentity</A>, <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/CharIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">CharIdentity</A>, <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/IntIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">IntIdentity</A>, <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/LongIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">LongIdentity</A>, <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/ObjectIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">ObjectIdentity</A>, <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/ShortIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">ShortIdentity</A>, <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/StringIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">StringIdentity</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public abstract class <B>SingleFieldIdentity</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object<DT>implements java.io.Externalizable, java.lang.Comparable</DL>
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This class is the abstract base class for all single field identity
classes. A common case of application identity uses exactly one
persistent field in the class to represent identity. In this case,
the application can use a standard JDO class instead of creating
a new user-defined class for the purpose.
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<DT><B>Version:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../serialized-form.html#javax.jdo.identity.SingleFieldIdentity">Serialized Form</A></DL>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#hashCode">hashCode</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The hashCode.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;java.lang.Object</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#keyAsObject">keyAsObject</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The key as an Object.</TD>
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<CODE>protected static&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/spi/I18NHelper.html" title="class in javax.jdo.spi">I18NHelper</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#msg">msg</A></B></CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Internationalization message helper.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#SingleFieldIdentity()">SingleFieldIdentity</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Constructor only for Externalizable.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#assertKeyNotNull(java.lang.Object)">assertKeyNotNull</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;key)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Assert that the key is not null.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#compare(javax.jdo.identity.SingleFieldIdentity)">compare</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">SingleFieldIdentity</A>&nbsp;o)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determine the ordering of identity objects.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#createKeyAsObject()">createKeyAsObject</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create the key as an Object.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;obj)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Check the class and class name and object type.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.Object</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#getKeyAsObject()">getKeyAsObject</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the key as an Object.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the target class.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the target class name.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#hashClassName()">hashClassName</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the hash code of the class name.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the cached hash code.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput)">readExternal</A></B>(java.io.ObjectInput&nbsp;in)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Read from the input stream.</TD>
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<CODE>protected &nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#setKeyAsObject(java.lang.Object)">setKeyAsObject</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;key)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set the given key as the key for this instance.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html#writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput)">writeExternal</A></B>(java.io.ObjectOutput&nbsp;out)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Write to the output stream.</TD>
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<A NAME="msg"><!-- --></A><H3>
msg</H3>
<PRE>
protected static <A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/spi/I18NHelper.html" title="class in javax.jdo.spi">I18NHelper</A> <B>msg</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The Internationalization message helper.
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<DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="hashCode"><!-- --></A><H3>
hashCode</H3>
<PRE>
protected int <B>hashCode</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The hashCode.
<P>
<DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="keyAsObject"><!-- --></A><H3>
keyAsObject</H3>
<PRE>
protected java.lang.Object <B>keyAsObject</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>The key as an Object.
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<A NAME="SingleFieldIdentity(java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3>
SingleFieldIdentity</H3>
<PRE>
protected <B>SingleFieldIdentity</B>(java.lang.Class&nbsp;pcClass)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Constructor with target class.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>pcClass</CODE> - the class of the target<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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SingleFieldIdentity</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>SingleFieldIdentity</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Constructor only for Externalizable.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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setKeyAsObject</H3>
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protected void <B>setKeyAsObject</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the given key as the key for this instance.
Compute the hash code for the instance.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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assertKeyNotNull</H3>
<PRE>
protected void <B>assertKeyNotNull</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Assert that the key is not null. Throw a JDONullIdentityException
if the given key is null.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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getTargetClass</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.Class <B>getTargetClass</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Return the target class.
<P>
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</DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the target class.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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getTargetClassName</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String <B>getTargetClassName</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Return the target class name.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the target class name.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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</DD>
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getKeyAsObject</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.Object <B>getKeyAsObject</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Return the key as an Object. The method is synchronized to avoid
race conditions in multi-threaded environments.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key as an Object.<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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createKeyAsObject</H3>
<PRE>
protected java.lang.Object <B>createKeyAsObject</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create the key as an Object.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key as an Object;<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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</DD>
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equals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equals</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;obj)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Check the class and class name and object type. If restored
from serialization, class will be null so compare class name.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE>equals</CODE> in class <CODE>java.lang.Object</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>obj</CODE> - the other object
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the class or class name is the same</DL>
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hashClassName</H3>
<PRE>
protected int <B>hashClassName</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Return the hash code of the class name.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the hash code of the class name<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2.0</DD>
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</DD>
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hashCode</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>hashCode</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Return the cached hash code.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE>hashCode</CODE> in class <CODE>java.lang.Object</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the cached hash code.</DL>
</DD>
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writeExternal</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>writeExternal</B>(java.io.ObjectOutput&nbsp;out)
throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Write to the output stream.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE>writeExternal</CODE> in interface <CODE>java.io.Externalizable</CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>out</CODE> - the stream
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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readExternal</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>readExternal</B>(java.io.ObjectInput&nbsp;in)
throws java.io.IOException,
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Read from the input stream.
Creates a new instance with the target class name set
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE>readExternal</CODE> in interface <CODE>java.io.Externalizable</CODE></DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
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protected int <B>compare</B>(<A HREF="../../../javax/jdo/identity/SingleFieldIdentity.html" title="class in javax.jdo.identity">SingleFieldIdentity</A>&nbsp;o)</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>o</CODE> - Other identity
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