source: trunk/autoquest-core-tasktrees/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/treeimpl/Task.java @ 1215

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeimpl;

import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask;
import de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskVisitor;

/**
 * <p>
 * this is the default implementation of the interface {@link ITask}. It
 * does not do anything fancy except implementing the interface.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Patrick Harms
 */
class Task implements ITask {

    /**
     * <p>
     * default serial version UID
     * </p>
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * <p>
     * used as a counter to generate new ids for each newly created task. May overflow.
     * </p>
     */
    private static int temporalId = 0;

    /**
     * <p>
     * the id of the task (unique throughout the system as long as {@link #temporalId} does not
     * overflow.
     * </p>
     */
    private int id;

    /**
     * <p>
     * a human readable description of the task
     * </p>
     */
    private String description;

    /**
     * <p>
     * constructs a new task with a new id. The id is generated using the {@link #getNewId()}
     * methdod
     * </p>
     */
    Task() {
        id = getNewId();
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * creates a new id for a task using {@link #temporalId} by incrementing it an returning its
     * current value. Resets the counter if {@link Integer.MAX_VALUE} is reached.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return a new unique id for a task as long as {@link #temporalId} does not overflow
     */
    private static synchronized int getNewId() {
        if (temporalId == Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
            temporalId = 0;
        }

        return temporalId++;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#geId()
     */
    @Override
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#getDescription()
     */
    @Override
    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#equals(ITask)
     */
    @Override
    public final boolean equals(ITask task) {
        // tasks are only equal if they are identical or if they have the same id
        // (may happen, if they are cloned)
        return (this == task) || (this.hashCode() == task.hashCode());
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#hashCode()
     */
    @Override
    public synchronized int hashCode() {
        return id;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public synchronized String toString() {
        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
        result.append("task ");
        result.append(id);
        
        if (description != null) {
            result.append(" (");
            result.append(description);
            result.append(')');
        }
        
        return result.toString();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#clone()
     */
    @Override
    public synchronized ITask clone() {
        Task clone = null;
        try {
            clone = (Task) super.clone();
        }
        catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            // this should never happen. Therefore simply dump the exception
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return clone;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * internally used to set the human readable description of the task
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param description the new human readable description of the task
     */
    void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITask#accept(ITaskVisitor)
     */
    @Override
    public void accept(ITaskVisitor visitor) {
        visitor.visit(this);
    }

}