spread
Class GroupID

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--spread.GroupID

public class GroupID

extends java.lang.Object

A GroupID represents a particular group membership view at a particular time in the history of the group. A GroupID can be retrieved from a membership message using MembershipInfo.getGroupID(). To check if two GroupID's represent the same group, use equals(Object):

 if(thisID.equals(thatID) == true)
     System.out.println("Equal group ID's.");
 

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Returns true if the two GroupID's represent the same group membership view at the same point in time in the history of the group.
java.lang.String	toString() Converts the GroupID to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Returns true if the two GroupID's represent the same group membership view at the same point in time in the history of the group.

Parameters:

object - a GroupID to compare against

Returns:

true if object is a GroupID object and the two GroupID's are the same

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Converts the GroupID to a string.

Returns:

the string form of this GroupID

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object