Deduplicable (JasperReports master-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JRBaseBoxBottomPen, JRBaseBoxLeftPen, JRBaseBoxPen, JRBaseBoxRightPen, JRBaseBoxTopPen, JRBaseConditionalStyle, JRBaseLineBox, JRBaseParagraph, JRBasePen, JRBaseStyle, JRDesignConditionalStyle, JRDesignStyle, JRTemplateElement, JRTemplateEllipse, JRTemplateFrame, JRTemplateGenericElement, JRTemplateGraphicElement, JRTemplateImage, JRTemplateLine, JRTemplateRectangle, JRTemplateText, JRVirtualPrintPage.JRIdHolderTemplateElement, TabStop
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public interface Deduplicable
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Interface implemented by objects that can be deduplicated by detecting previously created identical instances.

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

DeduplicableRegistry

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getHashCode()`	Returns a hash code to be used for the deduplicate map.
`boolean`	`isIdentical(java.lang.Object object)`	Determines if this instance is identical to another object.

- Method Detail
  - getHashCode
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int getHashCode()
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    Returns a hash code to be used for the deduplicate map. The returned hash code should be consitent wiwh isIdentical(Object), i.e. if two objects are identical they should have the same hash code.
    
    Returns:
    
    deduplication hash code
  - isIdentical
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boolean isIdentical(java.lang.Object object)
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    Determines if this instance is identical to another object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object to compare with this instance
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the two objects are identical and can be deduplicated