Name JDK 1.6)

Description

public interface Name

An immutable sequence of characters.

An immutable sequence of characters. When created by the same implementation, objects implementing this interface must obey the general equals contract when compared with each other. Therefore, Name objects from the same implementation are usable in collections while Names from different implementations may not work properly in collections.

An empty Name has a length of zero.

In the context of annotation processing, the guarantees for "the same" implementation must include contexts where the API mediated side effects of processors could be visible to each other, including successive annotation processing rounds.

See also: Elements.getName(java.lang.CharSequence)

Methods

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public boolean contentEquals (CharSequence cs)

Compares this name to the specified CharSequence.

Compares this name to the specified CharSequence. The result
is true if and only if this name represents the same sequence
of char values as the specified sequence.
Returns: {@code true} if this name represents the same sequence of {@code char} values as the specified sequence, {@code false} otherwise
Parameters:
- cs - The sequence to compare this name against
See Also: String.contentEquals(CharSequence),

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Returns true if the argument represents the same name as this, and false otherwise.

Note that the identity of a Name is a function both of its content in terms of a sequence of characters as well as the implementation which created it.
Returns: {@code true} if the specified object represents the same name as this
Parameters:
- obj - the object to be compared with this element
See Also: Element.equals(java.lang.Object),

public int hashCode ()

Obeys the general contract of Object.hashCode.