de.jface.remind.core
Class UniqueNumber

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--de.jface.remind.core.UniqueNumber

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class UniqueNumber

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Moritz Petersen

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
static UniqueNumber	getInstance(long uniqueNumber) Returns an existing instance of UniqueNumber or null if no instance with the given uniqueNumber exists.
int	hashCode()
long	longValue() Returns the value of the UniqueNumber as long.
static UniqueNumber	newInstance() Creates a new UniqueNumber instance.
static UniqueNumber	newInstance(long uniqueNumber) Returns a new instance with the given uniqueNumber.
static UniqueNumber	newInstance(long uniqueNumber, boolean allowModify) Returns a new instance with the given uniqueNumber.
static void	reset() Used to reset the internal counters and instance list.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the String representation of the UniqueNumber.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newInstance

public static UniqueNumber newInstance()

Creates a new UniqueNumber instance.

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the creation of the new UniqueNumber fails.

newInstance

public static UniqueNumber newInstance(long uniqueNumber)
                                throws IllegalUniqueNumberException

Returns a new instance with the given uniqueNumber. If the uniqueNumber already exists, a new instance with a new uniqueNumber is created.

newInstance

public static UniqueNumber newInstance(long uniqueNumber,
                                       boolean allowModify)
                                throws IllegalUniqueNumberException

Returns a new instance with the given uniqueNumber. If the uniqueNumber already exists, the IllegalUniqueNumberException is thrown, depending on the allowModify flag. If the flag is true, the Exception is not thrown.

getInstance

public static UniqueNumber getInstance(long uniqueNumber)

Returns an existing instance of UniqueNumber or null if no instance with the given uniqueNumber exists.

longValue

public long longValue()

Returns the value of the UniqueNumber as long.

reset

public static void reset()

Used to reset the internal counters and instance list. After resetting it is possible to get duplicate instances.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the String representation of the UniqueNumber.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable