ix.util
Class Mark

java.lang.Object
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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 an int for tellng Marks apart "visually" (e.g. if they're printed).

See Also:

Markable

Field Summary

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

Constructor Summary

Mark(java.lang.String createdBy)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

count

static int count

createdBy

java.lang.String createdBy

number

int number

Constructor Detail

Mark

public Mark(java.lang.String createdBy)