Package ubic.gemma.model.common

Class AbstractDescribable

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.model.common.AbstractDescribable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Describable, Identifiable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAuditable, Analysis, BibliographicReference, BioAssay, BioAssayDimension, BioMaterial, BioSequence, BlacklistedEntity, Characteristic, ChromosomeFeature, CompositeSequence, Compound, Contact, ExperimentalDesign, ExperimentalFactor, ExternalDatabase, Protocol, QuantitationType, Reporter, Treatment

public abstract class AbstractDescribable
extends Object
implements Describable

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractDescribable()	No-arg constructor added to satisfy javabean contract

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object object)	Returns true if the argument is an Describable instance and all identifiers for this entity equal the identifiers of the argument entity.
String	getDescription()	Obtain a human-readable description of the object
Long	getId()
String	getName()	Obtain the name of an object is a possibly ambiguous human-readable identifier that need not be an external database reference.
int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code based on this entity's identifiers.
void	setDescription(String description)
void	setId(Long id)
void	setName(String name)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractDescribable

public AbstractDescribable()

No-arg constructor added to satisfy javabean contract

Method Detail

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code based on this entity's identifiers.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Returns true if the argument is an Describable instance and all identifiers for this entity equal the identifiers of the argument entity. Returns false otherwise.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

toString()

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: Describable

Obtain a human-readable description of the object

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Describable

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

getId

public Long getId()

Specified by:

getId in interface Identifiable

setId

public void setId(Long id)

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Describable

Obtain the name of an object is a possibly ambiguous human-readable identifier that need not be an external database reference.

Specified by:

getName in interface Describable

setName

public void setName(String name)