org.e2etrace.trace
Class AbstractTraceStepId

java.lang.Object
  org.e2etrace.trace.AbstractTraceStepId

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ITraceStepId

Direct Known Subclasses:

MethodTraceStepId, SimpleTraceStepId, TraceSessionRootStepId

public class AbstractTraceStepId
extends Object
implements ITraceStepId, Serializable

Base class for trace step ids.

This class ensures that all trace step id use the same equals and hashCode implementation based on the string representation of the trace step id.

Author:

Gunther Popp

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractTraceStepId(String idAsString) Constructor.

Method Summary

String	asString() Returns a String representation of the trace step id.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractTraceStepId

protected AbstractTraceStepId(String idAsString)

Constructor.

Parameters:

idAsString - string representation of the trace step id.

Method Detail

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

asString

public String asString()

Returns a String representation of the trace step id.

In contrast to toString the String representation should be suitable to be used in log and configuration files. Additionally it must uniquely identify an id.

Specified by:

asString in interface ITraceStepId

Returns:

String representation of the trace step id