package dlib;

/*
$Id: NamedObject.java 1.2 1996/09/10 02:03:30 ddyer Exp $
$Log: NamedObject.java $
Revision 1.2  1996/09/10 02:03:30  ddyer
added list

Revision 1.1  1996/09/07 13:06:00  ddyer
Initial revision

*/

/** NamedObject is a simple extension to BaseObject,  it
has a user-supplied name.  That name will appear whenever the
object is printed, so you'll see #<object@nnn Good Stuff> instead
of #<object@xyx>

You will thank yourself if you use static variables derived from NamedObject 
instead of integers as "Enum" replacements
<p>
for example:
<pre>
	class Cases extends NamedObject
	{ public static final NormalCase = new Cases("normal");
	  public static final Othercase = new Cases("unusual");
	  public Cases(String name) { super(name); }
	}
</pre>
<br>
then, in your code
<pre>
	class Foo implements Cases
	{
	 public test(Cases thiscase)
	 { if(thiscase == NormalCase) return(true) else return(false);
	 }
	}
</pre>
<p>
the only downside of this is that you can't use "switch" statements on Cases


@author Dave Dyer <ddyer@netcom.com>
@version 1.0, August 1996

*/
public class NamedObject extends BaseObject
{
public String name;
private static int Unnamed_Sequence = 0;
/* constructor */
public NamedObject() { name="unnamed_" + Unnamed_Sequence++; }
public NamedObject(String name)
{		this.name = name;
}
public String getName()
{
		return(name);
}
//public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println(new NamedObject("Fred")); }
}