OSGi™ Service Platform
Release 4 Version 4.1

org.osgi.util.measurement
Class State

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.osgi.util.measurement.State

public class State
extends java.lang.Object

Groups a state name, value and timestamp.

The state itself is represented as an integer and the time is measured in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

A State object is immutable so that it may be easily shared.


Constructor Summary
State(int value, java.lang.String name)
          Create a new State object with a time of 0.
State(int value, java.lang.String name, long time)
          Create a new State object.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
          Return whether the specified object is equal to this object.
 java.lang.String getName()
          Returns the name of this State.
 long getTime()
          Returns the time with which this State was created.
 int getValue()
          Returns the value of this State.
 int hashCode()
          Returns a hash code value for this object.
 java.lang.String toString()
          Returns a String object representing this object.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

State

public State(int value,
             java.lang.String name,
             long time)
Create a new State object.

Parameters:
value - The value of the state.
name - The name of the state.
time - The time measured in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

State

public State(int value,
             java.lang.String name)
Create a new State object with a time of 0.

Parameters:
value - The value of the state.
name - The name of the state.
Method Detail

getValue

public final int getValue()
Returns the value of this State.

Returns:
The value of this State object.

getTime

public final long getTime()
Returns the time with which this State was created.

Returns:
The time with which this State was created. The time is measured in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

getName

public final java.lang.String getName()
Returns the name of this State.

Returns:
The name of this State object.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Returns a String object representing this object.

Returns:
a String object representing this object.

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns a hash code value for this object.

Returns:
A hash code value for this object.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
Return whether the specified object is equal to this object. Two State objects are equal if they have same value and name.

Parameters:
obj - The object to compare with this object.
Returns:
true if this object is equal to the specified object; false otherwise.

OSGi™ Service Platform
Release 4 Version 4.1

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