sascha@32: package de.intevation.artifactdatabase;
sascha@32: 
sascha@32: import java.util.List;
sascha@32: 
sascha@32: /**
sascha@89:  * Class to model the concept of an 'id' in terms of unique integer as
sascha@89:  * used in databases. Subclasses of this class are able to be processed
sascha@89:  * by this id.
sascha@89:  *
ingo@80:  * @author <a href="mailto:sascha.teichmann@intevation.de">Sascha L. Teichmann</a>
sascha@32:  */
sascha@32: public class Id
sascha@32: {
sascha@89:     /**
sascha@89:      * Interface to filter a list of ids.
sascha@89:      */
sascha@32:     public interface Filter {
sascha@89:         /**
sascha@89:          * A list of ids is processed in a functional way to be
sascha@89:          * free from some ids by the implementing code. The resulting
sascha@89:          * list maybe short or equal sized to the original one. The
sascha@89:          * original list is not modified.
sascha@89:          * @param ids The list of input ids.
sascha@89:          * @return A list of processed ids.
sascha@89:          */
sascha@32:         List filterIds(List ids);
sascha@32:     }
sascha@32: 
sascha@89:     /**
sascha@89:      * The backing int of the id.
sascha@89:      */
sascha@32:     protected int id;
sascha@32: 
sascha@89:     /**
sascha@89:      * Default constructor: id = 0
sascha@89:      */
sascha@32:     public Id() {
sascha@32:     }
sascha@32: 
sascha@89:     /**
sascha@89:      * Constructor to create an id with a given value.
sascha@89:      * @param id The id value
sascha@89:      */
sascha@32:     public Id(int id) {
sascha@32:         this.id = id;
sascha@32:     }
sascha@32: 
sascha@89:     /**
sascha@89:      * Returns the id value.
sascha@89:      * @return The value of the id.
sascha@89:      */
sascha@32:     public int getId() {
sascha@32:         return id;
sascha@32:     }
sascha@32: }
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