org.mule.metadata.api.model

Interface ReflectionAwareComparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseMetadataType, DefaultAnyType, DefaultArrayType, DefaultAttributeFieldType, DefaultAttributeKeyType, DefaultBinaryType, DefaultBooleanType, DefaultDateTimeType, DefaultDateType, DefaultFunctionType, DefaultIntersectionType, DefaultLocalDateTimeType, DefaultLocalTimeType, DefaultNothingType, DefaultNullType, DefaultNumberType, DefaultObjectFieldType, DefaultObjectKeyType, DefaultObjectType, DefaultPeriodType, DefaultRegexType, DefaultStringType, DefaultTimeType, DefaultTimeZoneType, DefaultTupleType, DefaultTypeParameterType, DefaultUnionType, DefaultVoidType

public interface ReflectionAwareComparable

Implementing this interface indicates that a class is ready to be called by EfficientReflectionHashCode or EfficientReflectionEquals in order to generate it's hash code or check it's equality respectively.

The class implementing this interface must expose a set of Fields with its identity fields.

Since:

1.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Field[]	getReflectionComparableFields() A list of the fields that define the identity of this class.

Method Detail

getReflectionComparableFields

Field[] getReflectionComparableFields()

A list of the fields that define the identity of this class. These fields can be used to compare if instances of a class are equal, or to generate a hash code for it.

Have in mind not exposing fields of class Pattern, for example, that only check for reference equality (If that is not the desired behaviour).