minwin-gcc-5-2/libjava/classpath/javax/naming/RefAddr.java

/* RefAddr.java -- Abstract superclass of addresses used in References
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package javax.naming;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Abstract superclass of addresses used in References.
 * A <code>Reference</code> object contains a <code>Vector</code> of
 * <code>RefAddr</code>s which are used to reference/address the object.
 * This abstract superclass keeps track of the type of address, which will be
 * returned by <code>getType()</code>. And defines a abstract method
 * <code>getContent()</code> which must be implemented in concrete subclasses
 * such as <code>BinaryRefAddr</code> and <code>StringRefAddr</code>.
 *
 * @see Reference
 * @see BinaryRefAddr
 * @see StringRefAddr
 * @since 1.3
 * @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com)
 * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
 */
public abstract class RefAddr implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * The string resprenstation of the type of address.
   * Set by the constructor and returned by the getType() method.
   */
  protected String addrType;

  /**
   * Protected constructor for use by subclasses.
   * Sets the addrType field of this object to the supplied String.
   *
   * @exception NullPointerException if the supplied String is null.
   */
  protected RefAddr(String addrType)
  {
        if (addrType == null)
          throw new NullPointerException("addrType cannot be null");

    this.addrType = addrType;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the non-null address type given to the constructor.
   */
  public String getType()
  {
    return addrType;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the possibly null content of this RefAddr.
   * The actual value is defined by the non-abstract subclass.
   */
  public abstract Object getContent();

  /**
   * Checks if the object is a RefAddr with the same type and content.
   *
   * @return true if the given object is an instance of RefAddr, the addrType
   *         is the same as this addrType and the content is equals to the
   *         content of this object.
   */
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    if (o instanceof RefAddr)
      {
        RefAddr refAddr = (RefAddr) o;
        if (this.getType().equals(refAddr.getType()))
        {
          Object c1 = this.getContent();
          Object c2 = refAddr.getContent();
          if (c1 == null)
            return c2 == null;
          else
            return c1.equals(c2);
        }
      }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the hashCode which is the hasCode of the String returned by
   * <code>getType()</code> plus the hashCode of the Object returned by
   * <code>getContent</code> (when not null).
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    int result = getType().hashCode();
    Object o = getContent();
    if (o != null)
      result += o.hashCode();

    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a String representation of the RefAddr.
   * Should only be used for debugging purposes.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    return "[RefAddr type: " + getType() + " content: " + getContent() + ']';
  }
}