Address.java

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package spine.datamodel;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class Address implements Serializable {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	protected String address = null;
	
	
	/**
	 * Default constructor of an Address object.
	 * 
	 * @param address the String representation of the address
	 */
	public Address(String address) {
		this.address = address;
	}
	
	/**
	 * This method returns the int representation of this Address.
	 * If the address cannot be directly represented as an int (e.g. for IP addresses),
	 * an hash-code of this address will be returned.
	 * 
	 * @return the int representation of this Address
	 */
	public int getAsInt() {		
		try {
			return Integer.parseInt((this.address.toString()));
		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
			return this.hashCode();
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns a hash code value for the String representation of this address
	 * 
	 * @return a hash code value for this object
	 */
	public int hashCode() {
		return this.address.hashCode();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the String representation of this Address
	 * 
	 * @return the String representation of this Address
	 */
	public String toString() {
		return address;
	}
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param anAddress the Address to compare this Address against 
	 * @return true whether this address is equals to the given one; false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean equals(Object anAddress) {
		return this.address.equals(((Address)anAddress).address);
	}
	
}