org.garret.serme
Class Persistent

java.lang.Object
  org.garret.serme.Persistent

All Implemented Interfaces:

ISerializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SortedCollection

public abstract class Persistent

extends java.lang.Object

implements ISerializable

Class which remembers the storage to which it belongs. When objet is loaded from ther storage, the reference to this storage is saved in the object using setStorage method. Using this reference to the storage, object can store or remove himself from the storage.

Constructor Summary

Persistent()

Method Summary

IStorage	getStorage() Get storage where object is stored
void	remove() Remove object from the storage
void	setStorage(IStorage storage) Specify storage for the object.
void	store() Save object in the storage (if any)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.garret.serme.ISerializable

readObject, writeObject

Constructor Detail

Persistent

public Persistent()

Method Detail

getStorage

public IStorage getStorage()

Get storage where object is stored

Returns:

storage containing object, null if object is not persistent

remove

public void remove()

Remove object from the storage

setStorage

public void setStorage(IStorage storage)

Specify storage for the object. This method is mostly used by SerME internals and should not be directly invoked by programmer

Parameters:

storage - associated storage

store

public void store()

Save object in the storage (if any)