IIdentifiable<K>

Description

The IIdentifiable interface is used to create data objects that can be uniquely idendified by an ID.

Important points

• The type specified in the interface defines the type of the ID field.

Instance methods

getId

Gets the object id.

public K getId()

• returns: K - object id.

setId

Sets the object id

public void setId(K value)

• value: K - new object id.

withGeneratedId

withGeneratedId

public K withGeneratedId()

• returns: K - object id.

Examples

{@code
 *  public class MyData implements IIdentifiable<String> {
 *    private String id;
 *    public String field1;
 *    public int field2;
 *    ...
 *    public String getId() {...}
 *    public void setId(String newId) {...}
 *  }
 *  }