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Class CaseInsensitiveString

java.lang.Object
  sl.CaseInsensitiveString

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class CaseInsensitiveString

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

A name string, with case insensitive comparison and equality operations. This class holds a String inside, preserving the case; however, all the equality and comparision operations are performed in a case insensitive fashion.

Version:

$Date: 2003/10/09 13:00:37 $ $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

Giovanni Rimassa - Universita` di Parma

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

(package private) java.lang.String

s

Constructor Summary

CaseInsensitiveString(java.lang.String name)
Create a new Name object.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Equality operation.
int	hashCode() Hash code.
java.lang.String	toString() Converts the Name object into a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

s

java.lang.String s

Constructor Detail

CaseInsensitiveString

public CaseInsensitiveString(java.lang.String name)

Create a new Name object.

Parameters:

name - The string that will be kept inside this object.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Converts the Name object into a string.

Returns:

The string stored inside by the constructor.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Equality operation. This method compares a Name object with another or with a Java String. The comparison is case insensitive.

Parameters:

o - The Java object to compare this Name to.

Returns:

true if the strings contained within the two objects are equal, apart from case.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Hash code. This method returns an hash code in such a way that two Name objects differing only in case have the same hash code.

Returns:

The hash code for this Name object.