org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository
Class AssociationRef

java.lang.Object
  org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.AssociationRef

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, EntityRef

public class AssociationRef
extends java.lang.Object
implements EntityRef, java.io.Serializable

This class represents a regular, named node relationship between two nodes.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AssociationRef(NodeRef sourceRef, QName assocTypeQName, NodeRef targetRef)
Construct a representation of a source --- name ----> target relationship.

AssociationRef(java.lang.String assocRefStr)

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares: AssociationRef.sourceRef AssociationRef.targetRef AssociationRef.assocTypeQName
NodeRef	getSourceRef()
NodeRef	getTargetRef()
QName	getTypeQName() Get the qualified name of the source-target association
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AssociationRef

public AssociationRef(NodeRef sourceRef,
                      QName assocTypeQName,
                      NodeRef targetRef)

Construct a representation of a source --- name ----> target relationship.

Parameters:

sourceRef - the source reference - never null

assocTypeQName - the qualified name of the association type - never null

targetRef - the target node reference - never null.

AssociationRef

public AssociationRef(java.lang.String assocRefStr)

Parameters:

childAssocRefStr - a string of the form sourceNodeRef|targetNodeRef|assocTypeQName

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

Returns a string of the form sourceNodeRef|targetNodeRef|assocTypeQName|assocQName

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares:

• AssociationRef.sourceRef
• AssociationRef.targetRef
• AssociationRef.assocTypeQName

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

getTypeQName

public QName getTypeQName()

Get the qualified name of the source-target association

Returns:

Returns the qualified name of the source-target association.

getTargetRef

public NodeRef getTargetRef()

Returns:

Returns the child node reference - never null

getSourceRef

public NodeRef getSourceRef()

Returns:

Returns the parent node reference, which may be null if this represents the imaginary reference to the root node