DatastoreId (DataNucleus Core 6.0.1-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DatastoreIdImpl, DatastoreIdImplKodo, DatastoreIdImplXcalia, DatastoreUniqueLongId
```
public interface DatastoreId
```
Interface for a datastore-identity class to implement. Please refer to the JDO specification 5.4.3 for precise requirements of such a class. These include
- Has to implement Serializable
- Serializable fields have to be public
- Has to have a constructor taking a String (the same String that toString() returns)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`
`Object`	`getKeyAsObject()`	Provides the identity in a form that can be used by the database as a key.
`String`	`getTargetClassName()`	Accessor for the target class name for the persistable object this represents.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`String`	`toString()`	Returns the string representation of the identity.

- Method Detail
  - getKeyAsObject
```
Object getKeyAsObject()
```
    Provides the identity in a form that can be used by the database as a key.
    
    Returns:
    
    The key value
  - getTargetClassName
```
String getTargetClassName()
```
    Accessor for the target class name for the persistable object this represents.
    
    Returns:
    
    the class name of the persistable
  - equals
```
boolean equals(Object obj)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    Returns the string representation of the identity. The string representation should contain enough information to be usable as input to a String constructor to create the identity.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representation of the identity.