com.filenet.rm.bds

Class GUID

java.lang.Object

com.filenet.rm.bds.GUID

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class GUID
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

This class encapsulates the concept of a GUID

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	EMPTY_GUID Default empty GUID String value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GUID(byte[] guidBytes) Constructor for GUID class.
GUID(java.lang.String guidString) Constructor for GUID class.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone() Overrides the protected Object.clone() in order to implement the Cloneable interface.
static GUID	createGUID() Static method to create a new instance of a GUID and auto-generate its internal value.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
int	hashCode()
static boolean	isValidGuidString(java.lang.String guidString) Helper method to determine if a given string is a valid GUID string.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns GUID value as a String in the format "{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}" where each 'x' character is a hexidecimal digit ([0-9A-F]).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY_GUID

public static final java.lang.String EMPTY_GUID

Default empty GUID String value.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

GUID

public GUID(java.lang.String guidString)

Constructor for GUID class.

Parameters:

guidString - a String of the format "{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}" where each 'x' character is a hexidecimal digit ([0-9a-fA-F]). If null or an empty string, then the GUID will be initialized to the EMPTY_GUID constant value.

GUID

public GUID(byte[] guidBytes)

Constructor for GUID class.

Parameters:

guidBytes - byte[] of GUID data.

Method Detail

createGUID

public static GUID createGUID()

Static method to create a new instance of a GUID and auto-generate its internal value.

Returns:

a newly created GUID instance.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides the protected Object.clone() in order to implement the Cloneable interface.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns GUID value as a String in the format "{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}" where each 'x' character is a hexidecimal digit ([0-9A-F]).

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

GUID String value.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

isValidGuidString

public static boolean isValidGuidString(java.lang.String guidString)

Helper method to determine if a given string is a valid GUID string.

Parameters:

guidString - String to validate.

Returns:

true if is a valid GUID string; false otherwise.