ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.webapp

Interface AuthorIdIndex<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object to be indexed.

@API(type=NOT_EXTENDABLE,
     src=PUBLIC)
public interface AuthorIdIndex<T>

An index that maps from IDs to objects and viceversa.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getId(T object) Get the id of the given object or a fresh one if none is assigned already.
java.lang.Long	getIdIfExists(T object) Get the id of the given object, or null if the object was not assigned an ID.
T	getObjectById(long id) Returns the object with a specified id or null if none exists.

Method Detail

getObjectById

T getObjectById(long id)

Returns the object with a specified id or null if none exists.

Parameters:

id - the id.

Returns:

the object with the specified id.

getId

long getId(T object)

Get the id of the given object or a fresh one if none is assigned already. If this index has not assigned an id already to the given object, a unique id is assigned and returned.

Parameters:

object - The object.

Returns:

the id associated with the object.

getIdIfExists

java.lang.Long getIdIfExists(T object)

Get the id of the given object, or null if the object was not assigned an ID.

Parameters:

object - The object.

Returns:

the id associated with the object, or null if the ID does not exist.