jadex.commons

Class Tuple

java.lang.Object

jadex.commons.Tuple

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Tuple2, Tuple3

public class Tuple
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.Object[]	entities The entities of the tuple.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Tuple(java.lang.Object[] entities) Create a new tuple.
Tuple(java.lang.Object entity1, java.lang.Object entity2) Convenience constructor for binary tuples.
Tuple(java.lang.Object entity1, java.lang.Object entity2, java.lang.Object entity3) Convenience constructor for binary tuples.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone() Clone this tuple.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Test two tuples for equality.
java.lang.Object	get(int n) Get an entity.
java.lang.Object[]	getEntities() Get entities
java.lang.Object	getEntity(int n) Get an entity.
int	hashCode() Compute the hashcode of the tuple.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
int	size() Get the size.
java.lang.String	toString() Convert this tuple to a string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

entities

protected java.lang.Object[] entities

The entities of the tuple.

Constructor Detail

Tuple

public Tuple(java.lang.Object entity1,
             java.lang.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(java.lang.Object entity1,
             java.lang.Object entity2,
             java.lang.Object entity3)

Convenience constructor for binary tuples.

Parameters:

entity1 - The first object in the tuple.

entity2 - The second object in the tuple.

entity3 - The third object in the tuple.

Tuple

public Tuple(java.lang.Object[] entities)

Create a new tuple.

Parameters:

entities - The objects in the tuple.

Method Detail

getEntity

public java.lang.Object getEntity(int n)

Get an entity.

Parameters:

n - The entities position.

Returns:

The entity.

getEntities

public java.lang.Object[] getEntities()

Get entities

Returns:

The entities.

get

public java.lang.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 java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Test two tuples for equality.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Convert this tuple to a string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string representation of this tuple.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Clone this tuple.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A shallow copy of this tuple.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception