entity.java

Rapla是一个灵活的多用户资源管理系统。它提供的一些功能有：日历GUI

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package org.rapla.entities;

public interface Entity extends RaplaObject {
    /** To identities are identical, if they represent
        the same object. */
    boolean isIdentical(Entity id2);

    /** returns if the instance of the entity is persisant and the cache or just a local copy.
     * Persistant objects are usably not editable and are updated in a multiuser system.
     * Persistant instances with the same id should therefore have the same content and
     * <code>persistant1.isIdentical(persistant2)</code> implies <code>persistant1 == persistant2</code>.
     * A non persistant instance has never the same reference as the persistant entity with the same id.
     * <code>persistant1.isIdentical(nonPersitant1)</code> implies <code>persistant1 != nonPersistant2</code>.
     */
    boolean isPersistant();

    public static Entity[] ENTITY_ARRAY = new Entity[0];

}