org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts

Interface ProductAwareBuilder<P>

Type Parameters:

P - Product type

All Superinterfaces:

Builder<P>, CheckedBuilder<P,IllegalArgumentException>, Mutable, MutationBehaviour<Mutable>

public interface ProductAwareBuilder<P>
extends Builder<P>

An extension of the Builder concept which allows an implementation of this interface to be used in collections instead of the product. Given the mutable nature of Builders, this has to be done very carefully.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	productEquals(Object product) Check whether an instance of the product that would be created by the builder is equal to an existing instance.
int	productHashCode() Return the hash code of the product.

Methods inherited from interface org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.CheckedBuilder

build

Method Detail

productHashCode

int productHashCode()

Return the hash code of the product. This has to be equivalent of calling CheckedBuilder.build().Object.hashCode().

Returns:

the hash code of the product.

productEquals

boolean productEquals(Object product)

Check whether an instance of the product that would be created by the builder is equal to an existing instance. This has to be equivalent of calling CheckedBuilder.build().Object.equals(Object).

Parameters:

product - Product instance

Returns:

Return true if the product is equal to the would-be product of the builder.