CompositeEntityIdentifier (Silverpeas Core 6.3 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<EntityIdentifier>, EntityIdentifier, ExternalEntityIdentifier, ResourceIdentifier, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExternalAccountIdentifier, PdcAxisValuePk
```
public interface CompositeEntityIdentifier
extends ExternalEntityIdentifier
```
A composite entity identifier is a unique identifier that is made up of several identification values. Usually, these values are the unique identifier of one or more external entities.

Author:

ebonnet

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String COMPOSITE_SEPARATOR

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default EntityIdentifier`	`fromString(String id)`	Sets the identifier's value from its given String representation.
`CompositeEntityIdentifier`	`fromString(String... values)`	Sets the value of this identifier from the specified values that will be part of this composite identifier.

Methods inherited from interface org.silverpeas.core.persistence.datasource.model.EntityIdentifier
compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.silverpeas.core.persistence.datasource.model.ExternalEntityIdentifier
generateNewId

Methods inherited from interface org.silverpeas.core.ResourceIdentifier
asString

- Field Detail
  - COMPOSITE_SEPARATOR
```
static final String COMPOSITE_SEPARATOR
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - fromString
```
default EntityIdentifier fromString(String id)
```
    Description copied from interface: EntityIdentifier
    
    Sets the identifier's value from its given String representation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    fromString in interface EntityIdentifier
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the encoded value of the identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    the identifier decoded from the specified String representation.
  - fromString
```
CompositeEntityIdentifier fromString(String... values)
```
    Sets the value of this identifier from the specified values that will be part of this composite identifier.
    
    Parameters:
    
    values - the identifier values from which this composite identifier will be built.
    
    Returns:
    
    this entity identifier.