Entity (BookRentalPOS 1.0 API)

java.lang.Object

my.edu.tarc.dco.bookrentalpos.Entity

Direct Known Subclasses:: Book, Member, Staff, Transaction

public class Entity
extends Object

Parent class of all entity in POS system

Version:: 1.0
Author:: Looz

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor Description

Entity()
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Entity(int id, String name, String dateCreated)
Constructor to initialise Entity

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Overridden equals() method to check against id of the entity
`String`	`getDateCreated()`
`int`	`getId()`
`String`	`getName()`
`void`	`setDateCreated(String date)`	This function shouldn't be used except for initialization purpose
`void`	`setID(int id)`	This function shouldn't be used except for initialization purpose
`void`	`setName(String name)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- Entity
  
  public Entity()
  
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- Entity
  
  public Entity(int id, String name, String dateCreated)
  
  Constructor to initialise Entity
  
  Parameters:
  
  id - - can be 0 if you wish not to initialise it
  
  name - - can be null if u wish not to intialise
  
  dateCreated - - can be null if u wish not to intialise
Method Details
- equals
  
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  
  Overridden equals() method to check against id of the entity
  
  Overrides:
  
  equals in class Object
  
  Parameters:
  
  obj - Can be integer indicating id
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the id matches
- getId
  
  public final int getId()
  
  Returns:
  
  ID of the entity, usually generated by database
- getName
  
  public final String getName()
  
  Returns:
  
  name of the entity
- getDateCreated
  
  public final String getDateCreated()
  
  Returns:
  
  date the entity was created in database, usually generated by database
- setID
  
  public final void setID(int id)
  
  This function shouldn't be used except for initialization purpose
  
  Parameters:
  
  id - id of the entity
- setName
  
  public final void setName(String name)
  
  Parameters:
  
  name - name of the entity
- setDateCreated
  
  public final void setDateCreated(String date)
  
  This function shouldn't be used except for initialization purpose
  
  Parameters:
  
  date - creation date of the entity in database