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/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ package com.ocs.dynamo.domain; import java.io.Serializable; import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass; import javax.persistence.Version; import org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils; /** * Base class for entities * * @author bas.rutten * @param <ID> * the type of the primary key */ @MappedSuperclass public abstract class AbstractEntity<ID> implements Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = -8442763252267825950L; // version field for optimistic locking @Version private Integer version; public abstract ID getId(); public abstract void setId(ID id); public Integer getVersion() { return version; } public void setVersion(Integer version) { this.version = version; } /** * Basic hash code function - uses the ID. Override this (and the equals() method) if your * entity has a more meaningful key */ @Override public int hashCode() { return ObjectUtils.hashCode(getId()); } /** * Basic equals function. Override this (and of the hashCode() method) if your entity has a more * meaningful key * * @param obj * @return */ @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (this == obj) { return true; } if (obj == null || !this.getClass().isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass())) { return false; } return ObjectUtils.equals(this.getId(), ((AbstractEntity<?>) obj).getId()); } }