rice.post
Class PostEntityAddress

java.lang.Object
  rice.post.PostEntityAddress

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PostGroupAddress, PostUserAddress

public abstract class PostEntityAddress

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class represents the abstract notion of the address of an identity in the Post system. This class is designed to be extended have address for both Post users and groups of users.

Version:

$Id: PostEntityAddress.java 2808 2005-11-22 14:38:49Z jeffh $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PostEntityAddress()
Constructor

Method Summary

abstract Id	getAddress()
protected static Id	getId(IdFactory factory, java.lang.String string, Environment env) Utility method for creating the nodeId associated with a specific string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PostEntityAddress

public PostEntityAddress()

Constructor

Method Detail

getAddress

public abstract Id getAddress()

Returns:

The NodeId which this address maps to.

getId

protected static Id getId(IdFactory factory,
                          java.lang.String string,
                          Environment env)

Utility method for creating the nodeId associated with a specific string.

Parameters:

string - The string