ix.util
Class Mark

java.lang.Object
  ix.util.Mark

public class Mark
extends java.lang.Object

A class used when marking objects as used, visited, etc. An algorithm can create a Mark that is new and hence not == to any Marks created earlier. The new Mark can then be used to mark objects as they are vistied (or whatever). Although Marks are meant to be distinguished by object-identity alone (ie, by ==), they contain some fields for debugging purposes: a String that names the algorithm that created the mark, and a long for tellng Marks apart "visually" (e.g. if they're printed).

See Also:

Markable

Field Summary

(package private) static long	count
(package private) java.lang.String	createdBy
(package private) long	number

Constructor Summary

Mark(java.lang.String createdBy)

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

count

static long count

createdBy

java.lang.String createdBy

number

long number

Constructor Detail

Mark

public Mark(java.lang.String createdBy)