things.common
Class IAmNobody

java.lang.Object
  things.common.IAmNobody

All Implemented Interfaces:

WhoAmI

public class IAmNobody
extends java.lang.Object
implements WhoAmI

An identification object for a nobody. This means the ID is nothing
It will textually resolve as ThingsConstants.A_NOBODY

Version:

1.0

Version History

EPG - Initial - 13 OCT 04
 

Author:

Erich P. Gatejen

Constructor Summary

IAmNobody()

Method Summary

IAmNobody	birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName) Create a child ID using the given name.
WhoAmI	birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName, java.lang.String childsTag) Create a child ID using the given name and tag.
java.lang.String	toString() Give a textual ID
java.lang.String	toTag() Give a TAG version of the ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IAmNobody

public IAmNobody()

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Give a textual ID

Specified by:

toString in interface WhoAmI

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the textual representation of the ID.

See Also:

ThingsConstants

toTag

public java.lang.String toTag()

Give a TAG version of the ID. This cannot be used for positive ID, but may make a convenient mnemonic. An implementation may return the same value as toString().

Specified by:

toTag in interface WhoAmI

Returns:

the tag representation of the ID.

birthMyChild

public IAmNobody birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName)

Create a child ID using the given name.

Specified by:

birthMyChild in interface WhoAmI

Parameters:

childsName - the given name for the child.

Returns:

the textual representation of the ID.

birthMyChild

public WhoAmI birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName,
                           java.lang.String childsTag)

Create a child ID using the given name and tag. It must yield the same ID if the same value is used for childsName.

Specified by:

birthMyChild in interface WhoAmI

Parameters:

childsName - the given name for the child.

childsTag - the tag for the child.

Returns:

the id