org.davesag.generica.core
Class AbstractDateStamped

java.lang.Object
  org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractDateStamped

All Implemented Interfaces:

DateStamped, Persistable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractContent

public abstract class AbstractDateStamped

extends Object

implements Persistable, DateStamped, Serializable

This AbstractDateStamped bean is an abstract Persitable DateStamped item with created and lastModified dates.

Since:

Generica 1.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: AbstractDateStamped.java,v 1.13 2004/04/08 13:19:07 davesag Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Peristable via Hibernate:

table = "contents"

Field Summary

protected Date	theCreated the date the content was created
protected Long	theId content's id used as a key by hibernate
protected Date	theLastModified the date the content was last modified

Constructor Summary

AbstractDateStamped()
default constructor

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Tests if the supplied object is equal to this AbstractDateStamped, ie do they have the same Id?
Date	getCreated() Get the date that this AbstractDateStamped was created.
Long	getId() Get the AbstractDateStamped's ID number.
Date	getLastModified() Get the date that this AbstractDateStamped was last modified.
abstract int	hashcode() Objects must override the hashcode if they override the equals method.
void	setCreated(Date date) Set this AbstractDateStamped's creation date.
protected void	setId(Long id) Sets the The AbstractDateStamped's ID number.
void	setLastModified(Date date) Set this AbstractDateStamped's last modified date.
void	setTemplateId(Long id) Sets the The AbstractDateStamped's ID number directly.
abstract String	toString() Override this to be useful to you.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

theId

protected Long theId

content's id used as a key by hibernate

theCreated

protected Date theCreated

the date the content was created

theLastModified

protected Date theLastModified

the date the content was last modified

Constructor Detail

AbstractDateStamped

public AbstractDateStamped()

default constructor

Method Detail

getId

public Long getId()

Get the AbstractDateStamped's ID number.

Specified by:

getId in interface Persistable

Returns:

The AbstractDateStamped's ID number.

Hibernate Unique ID Property:

generator-class = "identity"

setId

protected void setId(Long id)

Sets the The AbstractDateStamped's ID number.

Parameters:

id - The ID number to set.

setTemplateId

public void setTemplateId(Long id)

Sets the The AbstractDateStamped's ID number directly. This is only to be used when creating a template object, and is not to be used when creating actual objects that will be persisted.

Specified by:

setTemplateId in interface Persistable

Parameters:

id - The ID number to set.

getCreated

public Date getCreated()

Get the date that this AbstractDateStamped was created.

Specified by:

getCreated in interface DateStamped

Returns:

The Date this AbstractDateStamped was created.

Hibernate Property:

setCreated

public void setCreated(Date date)

Set this AbstractDateStamped's creation date.

Specified by:

setCreated in interface DateStamped

Parameters:

date - The Date that this AbstractDateStamped was created.

getLastModified

public Date getLastModified()

Get the date that this AbstractDateStamped was last modified.

Specified by:

getLastModified in interface DateStamped

Returns:

The Date this AbstractDateStamped was last modified.

Hibernate Property:

setLastModified

public void setLastModified(Date date)

Set this AbstractDateStamped's last modified date.

Specified by:

setLastModified in interface DateStamped

Parameters:

date - The date this content was last modified.

toString

public abstract String toString()

Override this to be useful to you.

Returns:

the content title. useful for debugging.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Tests if the supplied object is equal to this AbstractDateStamped, ie do they have the same Id?

Parameters:

o - The object to test against this AbstractDateStamped. Must also be a AbstractDateStamped to make sense.

Returns:

true if the two users have the same id.

hashcode

public abstract int hashcode()

Objects must override the hashcode if they override the equals method.

Returns:

a valid hashcode for this content.