Java tutorial
/* ================================================================ * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework * ================================================================ * * Project Info: http://cewolf.sourceforge.net * Project Lead: Guido Laures (guido@laures.de); * * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ package de.laures.cewolf.taglib.util; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.Serializable; import java.rmi.MarshalledObject; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; /** * @author Guido Laures */ public abstract class KeyGenerator { private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(KeyGenerator.class); private static class NoKeyException extends RuntimeException { public NoKeyException(String msg) { super(msg); } } public static int generateKey(Serializable obj) { if (obj == null) { NoKeyException ex = new NoKeyException("assertion failed: can not generate key for null,"); throw ex; } try { MarshalledObject mo = new MarshalledObject(obj); return mo.hashCode(); } catch (IOException ioex) { log.error("IOException during key generation KeyGenerator.generateKey()", ioex); throw new NoKeyException(obj + " is not serializable."); } } }