Deprecate {String,UUID}Identifier

[yangtools.git] / common / util / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / yangtools / util / AbstractStringIdentifier.java

diff --git a/common/util/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/util/AbstractStringIdentifier.java b/common/util/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yangtools/util/AbstractStringIdentifier.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.yangtools.util;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Identifier;
+
+/**
+ * Utility {@link Identifier} backed by a {@link UUID}.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Varga
+ */
+@Beta
+public abstract class AbstractStringIdentifier<T extends AbstractStringIdentifier<T>>
+        extends AbstractIdentifier<String> implements Comparable<T> {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    protected AbstractStringIdentifier(final String string) {
+        super(string);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final int compareTo(final T o) {
+        return getValue().compareTo(o.getValue());
+    }
+}