org.expasy.jpl.commons.collection
Interface Mappable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Cachable

public interface Mappable

The Mappable interface has to be implemented by all object that can be keyed in hash maps.

TODO: We have to find another way to force the overrides of methods equals() and hashCode().

By now, it is simply a tag interface as methods are already implemented in Object class.

Version:

1.0

Author:

nikitin

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
int	hashCode()

Method Detail

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

true if equals

hashCode

int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hash code of the object