org.eclipse.core.runtime
Class QualifiedName

java.lang.Object
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public final class QualifiedName

extends Object

Qualified names are two-part names: qualifier and local name. The qualifier must be in URI form (see RFC2396). Note however that the qualifier may be null if the default name space is being used. The empty string is not a valid local name.

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Constructor Summary

QualifiedName(String qualifier, String localName)
Creates and returns a new qualified name with the given qualifier and local name.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Returns whether this qualified name is equivalent to the given object.
String	getLocalName() Returns the local part of this name.
String	getQualifier() Returns the qualifier part for this qualifed name, or null if none.
int	hashCode()
String	toString() Converts this qualified name into a string, suitable for debug purposes only.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QualifiedName

public QualifiedName(String qualifier,
                     String localName)

Creates and returns a new qualified name with the given qualifier and local name. The local name must not be the empty string. The qualifier may be null.

Clients may instantiate.

Parameters:

qualifier - the qualifier string, or null

localName - the local name string

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Returns whether this qualified name is equivalent to the given object.

Qualified names are equal if and only if they have the same qualified parts and local parts. Qualified names are not equal to objects other than qualified names.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare to

Returns:

true if these are equivalent qualified names, and false otherwise

getLocalName

public String getLocalName()

Returns the local part of this name.

Returns:

the local name string

getQualifier

public String getQualifier()

Returns the qualifier part for this qualifed name, or null if none.

Returns:

the qualifier string, or null

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Converts this qualified name into a string, suitable for debug purposes only.

Overrides:

toString in class Object