jadex.util
Class Tuple

java.lang.Object
  jadex.util.Tuple

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class Tuple
extends Object
implements Cloneable, Serializable

A tuple is a list of entities. The entities of a tuple may be null. The equals and hashCode methods are overridden, such that two tuples are equal and have the same hashcode, if they contain the same entities. Therefore tuples can be used for multipart keys in hashtables.

See Also:

Hashtable, Object.hashCode(), Object.equals(Object), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Tuple(Object[] entities)
Create a new tuple.

Tuple(Object entity1, Object entity2)
Convenience constructor for binary tuples.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Clone this tuple.
boolean	equals(Object o) Test two tuples for equality.
Object	get(int n) Get an entity.
Object[]	getEntities() Get entities
Object	getEntity(int n) Get an entity.
int	hashCode() Compute the hashcode of the tuple.
int	size() Get the size.
String	toString() Convert this tuple to a string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Tuple

public Tuple(Object entity1,
             Object entity2)

Convenience constructor for binary tuples.

Parameters:

entity1 - The first object in the tuple.

entity2 - The second object in the tuple.

Tuple

public Tuple(Object[] entities)

Create a new tuple.

Parameters:

entities - The objects in the tuple.

Method Detail

getEntity

public Object getEntity(int n)

Get an entity.

Parameters:

n - The entities position.

Returns:

The entity.

getEntities

public Object[] getEntities()

Get entities

Returns:

The entities.

get

public Object get(int n)

Get an entity.

Parameters:

n - The entities position.

Returns:

The entity.

size

public int size()

Get the size.

Returns:

The size.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Compute the hashcode of the tuple.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Test two tuples for equality.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Convert this tuple to a string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string representation of this tuple.

clone

public Object clone()

Clone this tuple.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

A shallow copy of this tuple.