/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2011, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
* (C) 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.
*
* All Rights Reserved. http://www.opengis.org/legal/
*/
package org.opengis.filter.identity;
import org.opengis.annotation.XmlElement;
/**
* ObjectId refered to by Filter 1.1 specification (as an example).
* <p>
* Although ObjectId is refered to as an example we are making explicit use of it
* here in order to show identification being defined with a long (as with several
* popular object relational mappers).
* </p>
*
*
* @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/filter/identity/ObjectId.java $
* @version <A HREF="http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=5929">Implementation specification 1.1</A>
* @author Jody Garnett, Refractions Research Inc.
* @since GeoAPI 2.1
*/
@XmlElement("RecordId")
public interface ObjectId extends Identifier {
/**
* The identifier value, which is a Long.
*/
@XmlElement("id")
Long getID();
/**
* Evaluates the identifer value against the given Object.
*
* @param obj Object to be tested.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if a match, otherwise <code>false</code>
*/
boolean matches( Object obj );
}