edu.rice.cs.plt.tuple
Class Tuple

java.lang.Object
  edu.rice.cs.plt.tuple.Tuple

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Octet, Option, Pair, Quad, Quint, Septet, Sextet, Triple

public abstract class Tuple
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Abstract parent of all tuple classes, providing lazy evaluation of the hash code. See the package documentation for general discussion of the tuple classes.

As a wrapper for arbitrary objects, instances of this class will serialize without error only if the wrapped objects are serializable.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

Tuple()

Method Summary

protected abstract int	generateHashCode()
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Tuple

protected Tuple()

Method Detail

generateHashCode

protected abstract int generateHashCode()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object