Identifier (Digital Signature Services 5.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- eu.europa.esig.dss.model.identifier.Identifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DataIdentifier, EntityIdentifier, MultipleDigestIdentifier, SignatureIdentifier
```
public abstract class Identifier
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
This class is used to obtain a unique id for an object

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected Identifier(byte[] data)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`asXmlId()`	Return an ID conformant to XML Id
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`
`protected MessageDigest`	`getMessageDigest(DigestAlgorithm digestAlgorithm)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`String`	`toString()`

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

Constructor Detail
- Identifier
```
protected Identifier(byte[] data)
```

Method Detail
- getMessageDigest
```
protected MessageDigest getMessageDigest(DigestAlgorithm digestAlgorithm)
```
- asXmlId
```
public String asXmlId()
```
  Return an ID conformant to XML Id
  
  Returns:
  
  the XML encoded ID
- toString
```
public String toString()
```
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class Object
- hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
  Overrides:
  
  hashCode in class Object
- equals
```
public boolean equals(Object obj)
```
  Overrides:
  
  equals in class Object