@CodeReview(reviewer="Kevin R. Dixon", date="2007-11-25", changesNeeded=false, comments="Looks fine") public abstract class AbstractNamed extends AbstractCloneableSerializable implements Named
AbstractNamed
class implements the Named interface
in a standard way by having a name field inside the object. It is provided
for convenience for implementers not having to keep track of this field. It
also overrides the toString method to return the name.Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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protected java.lang.String |
name
The name of the object.
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Modifier | Constructor and Description |
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protected |
AbstractNamed()
Creates a new instance of AbstractNamed.
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protected |
AbstractNamed(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new instance of AbstractNamed with the given name.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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AbstractNamed |
clone()
This makes public the clone method on the
Object class and
removes the exception that it throws. |
java.lang.String |
getName()
Gets the name of the Object that it is called on.
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void |
setName(java.lang.String name)
Sets the name of this Object.
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java.lang.String |
toString()
The standard implementation of toString returns the name of the Named
Object.
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protected AbstractNamed()
protected AbstractNamed(java.lang.String name)
name
- The name.public AbstractNamed clone()
AbstractCloneableSerializable
Object
class and
removes the exception that it throws. Its default behavior is to
automatically create a clone of the exact type of object that the
clone is called on and to copy all primitives but to keep all references,
which means it is a shallow copy.
Extensions of this class may want to override this method (but call
super.clone()
to implement a "smart copy". That is, to target
the most common use case for creating a copy of the object. Because of
the default behavior being a shallow copy, extending classes only need
to handle fields that need to have a deeper copy (or those that need to
be reset). Some of the methods in ObjectUtil
may be helpful in
implementing a custom clone method.
Note: The contract of this method is that you must use
super.clone()
as the basis for your implementation.clone
in interface CloneableSerializable
clone
in class AbstractCloneableSerializable
public java.lang.String toString()
toString
in class java.lang.Object
public java.lang.String getName()
Named
public void setName(java.lang.String name)
name
- The new name for the Object.