public Class CitationLookupResult

Overrides java.lang.Object.equals.

Consequently, this.database.equals(that.database) below is equivalent to this.database == that.database.

Since within each GUI call we use a fixed list of databases, it is OK.

CitationLookupResult.equals is used in CitedKey.addPath to check the added Citation refers to the same source as the others. As long as we look up each citation key only once (in CitationGroups.lookupCitations), the default implementation for equals would be sufficient (and could also omit hashCode below).

Parameters

otherObject:Object

Doc from java.lang.Object.equals.

the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:boolean

Doc from java.lang.Object.equals.

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

Annotations

@Override

Overrides java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Doc from java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Returns a hash code value for this object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by java.util.HashMap.

The general contract of hashCode is:

• Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
• If two objects are equal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
• It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

Returns:int

a hash code value for this object

Annotations

@Override