uk.ac.starlink.table.join
Class LinkGroup

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.table.join.LinkGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class LinkGroup
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable

Defines a group of RowLink objects. This object is just a label, containing a unique ID and a count of how many links there are in the group. It does not contain references to the constituent RowLinks themselves.

Since:

7 Sep 2005

See Also:

MatchStarTables.findGroups(uk.ac.starlink.table.join.LinkSet)

Constructor Summary

LinkGroup(int id, int size)
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
int	getID() Returns this group's ID.
int	getSize() Returns this group's size.
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LinkGroup

public LinkGroup(int id,
                 int size)

Constructor.

Parameters:

id - unique identifier

size - number of objects in this group

Method Detail

getID

public int getID()

Returns this group's ID.

Returns:

id

getSize

public int getSize()

Returns this group's size.

Returns:

number of items in this group

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object