StatelessEquivalence (SmoothieMap 2.1-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- io.timeandspace.collect.Equivalence<T>
- - io.timeandspace.collect.StatelessEquivalence<T>

```
public abstract class StatelessEquivalence<T>
extends Equivalence<T>
```
Base class for stateless Equivalence implementations.
StatelessEquivalence relies on the fact that your equivalence class, which extend it, don't have subclasses in turn, therefore it is strongly recommended to declare your equivalence class as final.
Override toString() if implementation is anonymous and you want to log or pretty print it, because otherwise String representation of your equivalence would be "" (empty String).
See example implementations in the documentation to identity and case insensitive equivalences.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected StatelessEquivalence()
Constructor for use by subclasses.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`	Returns `true` if the given object is also an instance of this equivalence class.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code of this equivalence class.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns simple name of this equivalence class, `getClass().getSimpleName()`.

Methods inherited from class io.timeandspace.collect.Equivalence
caseInsensitive, charSequence, defaultEquality, entryEquivalence, equivalent, hash, identity, nullableEquivalent, nullableHash

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

- Constructor Detail
  - StatelessEquivalence
```
protected StatelessEquivalence()
```
    Constructor for use by subclasses.
- Method Detail
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object o)
```
    Returns true if the given object is also an instance of this equivalence class.
    
    Specified by:
    
    equals in class Equivalence<T>
    
    Returns:
    
    if the given object is also an instance of this equivalence class
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Returns a hash code of this equivalence class.
    
    Specified by:
    
    hashCode in class Equivalence<T>
    
    Returns:
    
    a hash code of this equivalence class
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns simple name of this equivalence class, getClass().getSimpleName().
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    simple name of this equivalence class