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 * Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 * 
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
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 */

/*
 * StringIdentity.java
 *
 */
 
package javax.jdo.identity;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;

/** This class is for identity with a single String field.
 * @version 2.0
 */
public class StringIdentity extends SingleFieldIdentity {
    
    /** The key is stored in the superclass field keyAsObject.
     */
    
    /** Constructor with class and key.
     * @param pcClass the class
     * @param key the key
     */
    public StringIdentity (Class pcClass, String key) {
        super (pcClass);
        setKeyAsObject(key);
        hashCode = hashClassName() ^ key.hashCode();
    }

    /** Constructor only for Externalizable.
     */
    public StringIdentity () {
    }

    /** Return the key.
     * @return the key
     */
    public String getKey () {
        return (String)keyAsObject;
    }

    /** Return the String form of the key.
     * @return the String form of the key
     */
    public String toString () {
        return (String)keyAsObject;
    }

    /** Determine if the other object represents the same object id.
     * @param obj the other object
     * @return true if both objects represent the same object id
     */
    public boolean equals (Object obj) {
        if (this == obj) {
            return true;
        } else if (!super.equals (obj)) {
            return false;
        } else {
            StringIdentity other = (StringIdentity) obj;
            return keyAsObject.equals(other.keyAsObject);
        }
    }

    /** Write this object. Write the superclass first.
     * @param out the output
     */
    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
        super.writeExternal (out);
        out.writeObject(keyAsObject);
    }

    /** Read this object. Read the superclass first.
     * @param in the input
     */
    public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
		throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        super.readExternal (in);
        keyAsObject = (String)in.readObject();
    }
}