public abstract class KeyFactory extends Object
equals and hashCode methods follow the
the rules laid out in Effective Java by Joshua Bloch.
To generate a KeyFactory, you need to supply an interface which
describes the structure of the key. The interface should have a
single method named newInstance, which returns an
Object. The arguments array can be
anything--Objects, primitive values, or single or
multi-dimension arrays of either. For example:
private interface IntStringKey {
public Object newInstance(int i, String s);
}
Once you have made a KeyFactory, you generate a new key by calling
the newInstance method defined by your interface.
IntStringKey factory = (IntStringKey)KeyFactory.create(IntStringKey.class);
Object key1 = factory.newInstance(4, "Hello");
Object key2 = factory.newInstance(4, "World");
Note:
hashCode equality between two keys key1 and key2 is only guaranteed if
key1.equals(key2) and the keys were produced by the same factory.
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
|---|---|
static class |
KeyFactory.Generator |
| Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
|---|---|
static Customizer |
CLASS_BY_NAME |
static Customizer |
OBJECT_BY_CLASS |
| Modifier | Constructor and Description |
|---|---|
protected |
KeyFactory() |
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
static KeyFactory |
create(Class keyInterface) |
static KeyFactory |
create(Class keyInterface,
Customizer customizer) |
static KeyFactory |
create(ClassLoader loader,
Class keyInterface,
Customizer customizer) |
public static final Customizer CLASS_BY_NAME
public static final Customizer OBJECT_BY_CLASS
public static KeyFactory create(Class keyInterface)
public static KeyFactory create(Class keyInterface, Customizer customizer)
public static KeyFactory create(ClassLoader loader, Class keyInterface, Customizer customizer)
Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved.