Package ubic.gemma.model.common

Class AbstractDescribable

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.model.common.AbstractIdentifiable

ubic.gemma.model.common.AbstractDescribable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Describable, Identifiable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAuditable, Analysis, BibliographicReference, BioAssay, BioMaterial, BioSequence, BlacklistedEntity, Characteristic, ChromosomeFeature, CompositeSequence, Compound, Contact, ExperimentalDesign, ExperimentalFactor, ExternalDatabase, GenericCellLevelCharacteristics, Protocol, QuantitationType, Reporter, Treatment

public abstract class AbstractDescribable
extends AbstractIdentifiable
implements Describable

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractDescribable()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDescription()	Obtain a human-readable description of the object
String	getName()	Obtain the name of an object is a possibly ambiguous human-readable identifier that need not be an external database reference.
int	hashCode()	Important note: Never use the ID in the hashCode() implementation since it can be assigned when the object is persisted.
void	setDescription(String description)
void	setName(String name)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class ubic.gemma.model.common.AbstractIdentifiable

equals, getId, setId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ubic.gemma.model.common.Identifiable

getId

Constructor Details

AbstractDescribable

public AbstractDescribable()

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Describable

Obtain the name of an object is a possibly ambiguous human-readable identifier that need not be an external database reference.

Specified by:

getName in interface Describable

setName

public void setName(String name)

getDescription

@Nullable
public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: Describable

Obtain a human-readable description of the object

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Describable

setDescription

public void setDescription(@Nullable
 String description)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Description copied from class: AbstractIdentifiable

Important note: Never use the ID in the hashCode() implementation since it can be assigned when the object is persisted.

Specified by:

hashCode in class AbstractIdentifiable

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractIdentifiable