/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 */
package org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.model.api;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.AbstractSimpleIdentifiable;

/**
 * It is used only as ancestor for other <code>Type</code>s. Note this forms the equality domain over most types, please
 * consider joining the party.
 */
@Beta
public abstract class AbstractType extends AbstractSimpleIdentifiable<JavaTypeName> implements Type {
    /**
     * Constructs the instance of this class with a JavaTypeName.
     *
     * @param identifier for this <code>Type</code>
     */
    protected AbstractType(final JavaTypeName identifier) {
        super(identifier);
    }

    @Override
    public final int hashCode() {
        return getIdentifier().hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public final boolean equals(final Object obj) {
        return this == obj || obj instanceof Type && getIdentifier().equals(((Type) obj).getIdentifier());
    }
}