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 <h2 title="Class AbstractEntry" class="title">Class AbstractEntry</h2>
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 <pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">AbstractEntry</span>
 extends <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>
 implements <a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/CloneableEntry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">CloneableEntry</a></pre>
 <div class="block">An abstract implementation of <a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry"><code>Entry</code></a> that provides useful
  implementations of <code>equals</code>, <code>hashCode</code>, and
  <code>toString</code>. Implementations of the <code>Entry</code>
  interface may, but are not required to, extend this class. <p>

  The methods of this class consult the <em>entry fields</em> of the
  entries they process. The entry fields of an <code>Entry</code> are
  its public, non-primitive, non-static, non-transient, non-final
  fields.<p></div>
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 <dd>Sun Microsystems, Inc.</dd>
 <dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
 <dd><a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry"><code>Entry</code></a>,
 <a href="../../../serialized-form.html#net.jini.entry.AbstractEntry">Serialized Form</a></dd>
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 <td class="colFirst"><code>static boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../net/jini/entry/AbstractEntry.html#equals-net.jini.core.entry.Entry-net.jini.core.entry.Entry-">equals</a></span>(<a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">Entry</a>&nbsp;e1,
       <a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">Entry</a>&nbsp;e2)</code>
 <div class="block">Returns <code>true</code> if the two arguments are of the same
  class and for each entry field <em>F</em>, the arguments'
  values for <em>F</em> are either both <code>null</code> or the
  invocation of <code>equals</code> on one argument's value for
  <em>F</em> with the other argument's value for <em>F</em> as
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  object.</div>
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 <div class="block">Returns zero XORed with the result of invoking
  <code>hashCode</code> on each of the argument's
  non-<code>null</code> entry fields.</div>
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 <pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">Entry</a>&nbsp;clone()</pre>
 <div class="block">Clone has been implemented to allow utilities such as
  <code>ServiceDiscoveryManager</code> to avoid sharing
  internally stored instances with client code.

  Entry's that have mutable fields, for example arrays or collections,
  should override this method, call super.clone(), then safely copy
  any mutable fields before returning.</div>
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 <dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
 <dd>a clone of the original Entry</dd>
 <dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
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 <div class="block">Compares this <code>AbstractEntry</code> to the specified
  object. If <code>other</code> is <code>null</code> or not an
  instance of <a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry"><code>Entry</code></a> returns <code>false</code>,
  otherwise returns the result of calling <a href="../../../net/jini/entry/AbstractEntry.html#equals-net.jini.core.entry.Entry-net.jini.core.entry.Entry-"><code>AbstractEntry.equals(this, (Entry) other)</code></a>.</div>
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 <dd><code>other</code> - the object to compare this <code>AbstractEntry</code>
               against</dd>
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 <pre>public static&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;equals(<a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">Entry</a>&nbsp;e1,
                              <a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">Entry</a>&nbsp;e2)</pre>
 <div class="block">Returns <code>true</code> if the two arguments are of the same
  class and for each entry field <em>F</em>, the arguments'
  values for <em>F</em> are either both <code>null</code> or the
  invocation of <code>equals</code> on one argument's value for
  <em>F</em> with the other argument's value for <em>F</em> as
  its parameter returns <code>true</code>. Will also return
  <code>true</code> if both arguments are <code>null</code>. In
  all other cases an invocation of this method will return
  <code>false</code>.<p></div>
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 <dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
 <dd><code>e1</code> - an entry object to compare to e2</dd>
 <dd><code>e2</code> - an entry object to compare to e1</dd>
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 <dd>the result of calling <a href="../../../net/jini/entry/AbstractEntry.html#hashCode-net.jini.core.entry.Entry-"><code>AbstractEntry.hashCode(this)</code></a></dd>
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 <div class="block">Returns zero XORed with the result of invoking
  <code>hashCode</code> on each of the argument's
  non-<code>null</code> entry fields. Returns <code>0</code> if
  the argument is <code>null</code>.</div>
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 <dd><code>entry</code> - the <code>Entry</code> for which to generate a
               hash code</dd>
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 <dd>a hash code formed by XORing the hash codes of
          <code>entry</code>'s non-<code>null</code> entry field,
          or <code>0</code> if <code>entry</code> is
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 <div class="block">Returns the result of calling <a href="../../../net/jini/entry/AbstractEntry.html#toString-net.jini.core.entry.Entry-"><code>AbstractEntry.toString(this)</code></a>.</div>
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 <pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;toString(<a href="../../../net/jini/core/entry/Entry.html" title="interface in net.jini.core.entry">Entry</a>&nbsp;entry)</pre>
 <div class="block">Returns a <code>String</code> representation of its argument
  that will contain the name of the argument's class and a
  representation of each of the argument's entry fields. The
  representation of each entry field will include the field's
  name and a representation of its value. If passed
  <code>null</code> will return the string <code>"null"</code>. <p></div>
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 <dd>a <code>String</code> representation of
          <code>entry</code> that contains the name of the
          <code>entry</code>'s class and a representation of each
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