Fact (Apache JSPWiki 2.11.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.wiki.workflow.Fact

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public final class Fact
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
Represents a contextual artifact, which can be any serializable object, useful for making a Decision. Facts are key-value pairs, where the key is a String (message key) and the value is an arbitrary object. Generally, the supplied object's toString() method should return a human-readable String. Facts are immutable objects.

Since:

2.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Fact(java.lang.String messageKey, java.io.Serializable value)
Constructs a new Fact with a supplied message key and value.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`	Two Facts are considered equal if their message keys and value objects are equal.
`java.lang.String`	`getMessageKey()`	Returns this Fact's name, as represented an i18n message key.
`java.io.Serializable`	`getValue()`	Returns this Fact's value.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Returns a String representation of this Fact.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Fact
```
public Fact(java.lang.String messageKey,
            java.io.Serializable value)
```
    Constructs a new Fact with a supplied message key and value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    messageKey - the "name" of this fact, which should be an i18n message key
    
    value - the object to associate with the name
- Method Detail
  - getMessageKey
```
public java.lang.String getMessageKey()
```
    Returns this Fact's name, as represented an i18n message key.
    
    Returns:
    
    the message key
  - getValue
```
public java.io.Serializable getValue()
```
    Returns this Fact's value.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value object
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Two Facts are considered equal if their message keys and value objects are equal.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object to test
    
    Returns:
    
    true if logically equal, false if not
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Returns a String representation of this Fact.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the representation