package org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts;
import java.io.Serializable;
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
/**
* General identifier interface. It is primarily a marker for all things that identify concepts -- such as names,
- * addresses, classes, etc. We do not require too much, just that the identifiers are serializable (and this
+ * addresses, classes, etc. We do not require too much, just that the identifiers are serializable (and thus
* transferable).
*
- * Implementations are expected to implement {@link #hashCode()} and {@link #equals(Object)} methods in a way, which
- * ensures that objects before and after serialization are considered equal.
+ * <p>Implementations are expected to implement {@link #hashCode()} and {@link #equals(Object)} methods in a way,
+ * which ensures that objects before and after serialization are considered equal.
*
- * Implementations are advised to use the {@link java.io.Externalizable} Proxy pattern to allow future evolution
- * of their serialization format. For further efficiency, implementation should implement {@link WritableObject},
- * so they can be efficiently embedded in other {@link Serializable} objects.
- *
- * Note that this class is annotated as {@link ThreadSafe}, hence all implementations are expected to be thread-safe.
+ * <p>Implementations are advised to use the {@link java.io.Externalizable} Proxy pattern to allow future evolution
+ * of their serialization format. For further efficiency, implementations should consider implementing
+ * {@link WritableObject}, so they can be efficiently embedded in other {@link Serializable} and {@code WritableObject}s
+ * objects.
*/
-@ThreadSafe
public interface Identifier extends Serializable, Immutable {
@Override
- boolean equals(Object o);
+ boolean equals(Object obj);
@Override
int hashCode();