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package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Opaque data identifier used to identify records in a data store.
 * All identifiers must be serializable and implement the standard
 * object equality and hash code methods.
 */
public class DataIdentifier implements Serializable {

    /**
     * Serial version UID.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -9197191401131100016L;

    /**
     * Data identifier.
     */
    private final String identifier;

    /**
     * Creates a data identifier from the given string.
     *
     * @param identifier data identifier
     */
    public DataIdentifier(String identifier) {
        this.identifier  = identifier;
    }

    //-------------------------------------------------------------< Object >

    /**
     * Returns the identifier string.
     *
     * @return identifier string
     */
    public String toString() {
        return identifier;
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the given object is a data identifier and has the same
     * string representation as this one.
     *
     * @param object other object
     * @return <code>true</code> if the given object is the same identifier,
     *         <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        return (object instanceof DataIdentifier)
            && identifier.equals(object.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the hash code of the identifier string.
     *
     * @return hash code
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return identifier.hashCode();
    }

}