Package org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties

Class RepositoryElementHeader

java.lang.Object

org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.RepositoryElementHeader

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

InstanceElementHeader, TypeDefElementHeader

public abstract class RepositoryElementHeader
extends Object
implements Serializable

RepositoryElementHeader provides a common base for all type and instance information from the metadata collection. It implements Serializable.

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RepositoryElementHeader()	Default Constructor sets the element to nulls
RepositoryElementHeader(RepositoryElementHeader template)	Copy/clone constructor set values from the template

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object objectToCompare)	Validate that an object is equal depending on their stored values.
long	getHeaderVersion()	Return the version of this header.
int	hashCode()	Return a hash code based on the property values
void	setHeaderVersion(long headerVersion)	Return the version of this header.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

RepositoryElementHeader

public RepositoryElementHeader()

Default Constructor sets the element to nulls

RepositoryElementHeader

public RepositoryElementHeader(RepositoryElementHeader template)

Copy/clone constructor set values from the template

Parameters:

template - InstanceElementHeader to copy

Method Details

getHeaderVersion

public long getHeaderVersion()

Return the version of this header. This is used by the OMRS to determine if it is back level and should not process events from a source that is more advanced because it does not have the ability to receive all the header properties.

Returns:

long version number - the value is incremented each time a new non-informational field is added to the type definition.

setHeaderVersion

public void setHeaderVersion(long headerVersion)

Return the version of this header. This is used by the OMRS to determine if it is back level and should not process events from a source that is more advanced because it does not have the ability to receive all the header properties.

Parameters:

headerVersion - long version number - the value is incremented each time a new non-informational field is added to the type definition.

equals

public boolean equals(Object objectToCompare)

Validate that an object is equal depending on their stored values.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

objectToCompare - object

Returns:

boolean result

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code based on the property values

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

int hash code