org.apache.jackrabbit.core
Class NodeId

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.core.ItemId
      org.apache.jackrabbit.core.NodeId

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class NodeId
extends ItemId

Node identifier. An instance of this class identifies a node using its UUID. Once created a node identifier instance is immutable.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

NodeId(UUID uuid)
Creates a node identifier instance for the identified node.

Method Summary

boolean	denotesNode() Returns true as this class represents a node identifier, not a property identifier.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
UUID	getUUID() Returns the UUID of the identified node.
int	hashCode() Returns the same as this.getUUID().hashCode()
String	toString() Returns the same as this.getUUID().toString()
static NodeId	valueOf(String s) Returns a NodeId holding the value of the specified string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NodeId

public NodeId(UUID uuid)

Creates a node identifier instance for the identified node.

Parameters:

uuid - node UUID

Method Detail

denotesNode

public boolean denotesNode()

Returns true as this class represents a node identifier, not a property identifier.

Specified by:

denotesNode in class ItemId

Returns:

always true

See Also:

ItemId.denotesNode()

getUUID

public UUID getUUID()

Returns the UUID of the identified node.

Returns:

node UUID

valueOf

public static NodeId valueOf(String s)
                      throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns a NodeId holding the value of the specified string. The string must be in the format returned by the NodeId.toString() method.

Parameters:

s - a String containing the NodeId representation to be parsed.

Returns:

the NodeId represented by the argument

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified string can not be parsed as a NodeId.

See Also:

toString()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Returns the same as this.getUUID().toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the same as this.getUUID().hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object