ComponentKey (JasperReports master-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.jasperreports.engine.component.ComponentKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public class ComponentKey
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
A key identifying a component type/class.
A component type is identified by a namespace and a component name. An instance of this class includes in addition a namespace prefix, which is required when producing a JRXML representation of the component (via JRXmlWriter).

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

JRComponentElement.getComponentKey(), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ComponentKey(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String namespacePrefix, java.lang.String name)`	Create a component type key.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object o)`
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns the component name.
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespace()`	Returns the component namespace.
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespacePrefix()`	Returns the namespace prefix which is to be used when producing an XML representation of a component of this type.
`int`	`hashCode()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ComponentKey
```
public ComponentKey(java.lang.String namespace,
                    java.lang.String namespacePrefix,
                    java.lang.String name)
```
    Create a component type key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    namespace - the component namespace
    
    namespacePrefix - the prefix to use for the namespace
    
    name - the component name
- Method Detail
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - getNamespace
```
public java.lang.String getNamespace()
```
    Returns the component namespace.
    This value must match the namespece of a components bundle, as returned by ComponentsXmlParser.getNamespace().
    
    Returns:
    
    the component namespace
  - getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns the component name.
    The value must match a component name in the components bundle, as used in ComponentsBundle.getComponentManager(String).
    
    Returns:
    
    the coponent name
  - getNamespacePrefix
```
public java.lang.String getNamespacePrefix()
```
    Returns the namespace prefix which is to be used when producing an XML representation of a component of this type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the namespace prefix