Identifiable (Parent module for everything of interest. 5.6 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Cacheable, IPCEventListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConnectionRecord, IdentifiableImpl, IPCBean, JSONEntry, Monitored, SASClient
```
public interface Identifiable
extends Serializable, Cloneable
```
An interface for things that may be identified uniquely.
Created by Jeff Gaynor
on May 24, 2011 at 3:43:41 PM

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Identifiable`	`clone()`
`String`	`getDescription()`
`Identifier`	`getIdentifier()`	Get the identifer
`String`	`getIdentifierString()`	Convenience call to cast the identifier to a string.
`boolean`	`isReadOnly()`
`void`	`setDescription(String description)`
`void`	`setIdentifier(Identifier identifier)`	Set the identifier.
`void`	`setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)`

Method Detail

clone
```
Identifiable clone()
```

getIdentifier
```
Identifier getIdentifier()
```
Get the identifer

Returns:

getIdentifierString
```
String getIdentifierString()
```
Convenience call to cast the identifier to a string.

Returns:

setIdentifier
```
void setIdentifier(Identifier identifier)
```
Set the identifier.

Parameters:

identifier -

isReadOnly
```
boolean isReadOnly()
```

setReadOnly
```
void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)
```

getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```

setDescription

void setDescription(String description)