i3.dragos.gm.core.id
Class NodeID

java.lang.Object
  i3.dragos.gm.core.id.GraphEntityID
      i3.dragos.gm.core.id.NodeID

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class NodeID
extends GraphEntityID

A NodeID is used to uniquely identify a node.

Author:

Boris Boehlen <boehlen@cs.rwth-aachen.de>, Thorsten Hermes <thermes@i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>

See Also:

Core Graph Model , Implementation Issues , Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

NodeID(DataSourceURL dataSourceURL, java.io.Serializable internalIdentifier, NodeClassID typeID)
Constructs a new ID representing a node.

Method Summary

Node	getNode() Returns the Node referenced by this ID.
NodeClassID	getNodeClassID() Returns the node's type.

Methods inherited from class i3.dragos.gm.core.id.GraphEntityID

equals, getDataSourceURL, getGraphEntity, getGraphEntityClassID, getInternalIdentifier, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NodeID

public NodeID(DataSourceURL dataSourceURL,
              java.io.Serializable internalIdentifier,
              NodeClassID typeID)

Constructs a new ID representing a node.

Parameters:

dataSourceURL - The DataSourceURL where this node is stored.

internalIdentifier - Internal node ID.

typeID - TypeID of this node's type.

Method Detail

getNode

public Node getNode()
             throws DragosException

Returns the Node referenced by this ID.

Returns:

The Node referenced by this ID.

Throws:

DragosException - in case of internal errors.

getNodeClassID

public NodeClassID getNodeClassID()

Returns the node's type.

Returns:

the node's type.