Interface Attributed

All Known Implementing Classes:

Attributes

public interface Attributed

Something with affiliated Attributes instances that further describe it.

Author:

Laird Nelson

See Also:

• Attributes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Attributes>	attributes()	Returns a non-null, immutable, determinate List of Attributes.
boolean	equals(Object other)	Returns true if and only if this Attributed implementation is equal to the supplied Object, following the general contract of Object.equals(Object) with additional requirements.
int	hashCode()	Returns a hashcode for this Attributed implementation that is not based on the return value of an invocation of the attributes() method.

Method Details

attributes

List<Attributes> attributes()

Returns a non-null, immutable, determinate List of Attributes.

Returns:

a non-null, immutable, determinate List of Attributes

equals

boolean equals(Object other)

Returns true if and only if this Attributed implementation is equal to the supplied Object, following the general contract of Object.equals(Object) with additional requirements.

The return value of any invocation of the attributes() method must not be factored into equality computations or undefined behavior may result.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

other - the Object to test; may be null in which case false will be returned

Returns:

true if and only if this Attributed implementation is equal to the supplied Object

See Also:

• attributes()
• hashCode()

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this Attributed implementation that is not based on the return value of an invocation of the attributes() method.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hashcode for this Attributed

See Also:

• attributes()
• equals(Object)