com.helger.commons.id

Interface IHasID<IDTYPE>

Type Parameters:

IDTYPE - The type of the provided ID.

All Known Subinterfaces:

IErrorLevel, ILicense, ITypedObject<IDTYPE>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CustomLicense, ECountry, EErrorLevel, ELicense, EMimeContentType, ErrorLevel, ErrorTextProvider.EField, ETriState, EWatchDirAction, TypedObject

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface IHasID<IDTYPE>

Base interface for all objects having an ID.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Comparator<IHasID<T>>	getComparatorID()
IDTYPE	getID() Get the unique ID of this object.

Method Detail

getID

IDTYPE getID()

Get the unique ID of this object. If the type is String than the returned value must match an XML NMToken expression (so e.g. no ':' in the ID)!

Returns:

The ID of this object. May not be null.

getComparatorID

@Nonnull
static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> Comparator<IHasID<T>> getComparatorID()