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package com.github.javaparser.ast;
/**
* A key to a piece of user data associated with a {@link Node} at runtime.
* The key contains type information that can be used to check the
* type of any user data value for the key when the value is set. UserDataKey is abstract in order to
* force the creation of a subtype. That subtype is used to test for identity when looking for the
* user data because actual object identity would suffer from problems under serialization.
* So, the correct way to declare a UserDataKey is like this:
*
* <pre>
* <code>
* public static final UserDataKey&lt;Role&gt; ROLE = new UserDataKey&lt;Role&gt;() { };
* </code>
* </pre>
*
* This code was taken from the <a href="http://wicket.apache.org/">Wicket project</a>.
*
* @param <T>
* The type of the object which is stored
*
* @see Node#getUserData(UserDataKey)
*/
public abstract class UserDataKey<T> {
@Override
public int hashCode()
{
return getClass().hashCode();
}
/**
* @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
*/
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj)
{
return obj != null && getClass().equals(obj.getClass());
}
}