All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class VMID
extends Object
implements Serializable 

See Also:

Serialized Form

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  VMID () Create a new VMID.

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  boolean	equals (Object obj) Compare this VMID to another, and return true if they are the same identifier.
  int	hashCode () Compute hash code for this VMID.
  static boolean	isUnique () Deprecated.
  String	toString () Return string representation of this VMID.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • VMID

    public VMID()

    Create a new VMID. Each new VMID returned from this constructor is unique for all Java virtual machines under the following conditions: a) the conditions for uniqueness for objects of the class java.rmi.server.UID are satisfied, and b) an address can be obtained for this host that is unique and constant for the lifetime of this object.

• Method Detail

  • isUnique

    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isUnique()

    Deprecated.
    Return true if an accurate address can be determined for this host. If false, reliable VMID cannot be generated from this host

    Returns:

    true if host address can be determined, false otherwise

  • hashCode

    public int hashCode()

    Compute hash code for this VMID.

    Overrides:

    hashCode in class Object

    Returns:

    a hash code value for this object.

    See Also:

    Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)

  • equals

    public boolean equals(Object obj)

    Compare this VMID to another, and return true if they are the same identifier.

    Overrides:

    equals in class Object

    Parameters:

    obj - the reference object with which to compare.

    Returns:

    true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

    See Also:

    Object.hashCode(), HashMap

  • toString

    public String toString()

    Return string representation of this VMID.

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object

    Returns:

    a string representation of the object.