org.commonreality.identifier
Interface IIdentifier

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ISensoryIdentifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicIdentifier, BasicSensoryIdentifier

public interface IIdentifier
extends java.io.Serializable

unique identifier for an object. These are used to identify objects

Author:

developer

Nested Class Summary

static class

IIdentifier.Type

Field Summary

static IIdentifier

ALL

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() human readable name
IIdentifier	getOwner() owner of this identifier
IIdentifier.Type	getType()

Field Detail

ALL

static final IIdentifier ALL

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

human readable name

Returns:

getOwner

IIdentifier getOwner()

owner of this identifier

Returns:

identifer of the owner, may be null in the case of participants

getType

IIdentifier.Type getType()