com.novell.zos.grid
Interface ID

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Serializable

public interface ID
extends Serializable, Comparable

A unique identifier for an engine or a facility or Grid object.

The default identifiers for the broker, facilities, and an unknown ID are defined here.

Method Summary

String	getName() The name of the GridObject being identified.
String	getType() The type of the GridObject being identified.
boolean	sameAs(ID id) Is this ID is the same (excluding session) as the supplied ID.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

The type of the GridObject being identified.

getName

String getName()

The name of the GridObject being identified. Names are unique within types. Key use: The name is typically used as the key inside of map containing a set of *all* (real) objects.

sameAs

boolean sameAs(ID id)

Is this ID is the same (excluding session) as the supplied ID.

Returns:

true is this ID is the same (excluding session) as the supplied ID. Note that equals() will include the session info.