/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * ActorID.java created on 17-mrt-2007 at 15:50:03
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.actors.id;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Random;

/**
 * An ActorID is a serializable representation of the identity of an actor.
 * Meant to uniquely identify an actor on one AmbientTalk virtual machine.
 * Identity implemented by a pseudo-randomly generated integer.
 * 
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public final class ActorID implements Serializable {

	private static final Random generator_ = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());
	
	private final int id_;
	
	public ActorID() {
		id_ = generator_.nextInt();
	}
	
	public boolean equals(Object other) {
		return ((other instanceof ActorID) && ((ActorID) other).id_ == id_);
	}
	
	public int hashCode() {
		return id_;
	}
	
	public String toString() {
		return "actorid["+id_+"]";
	}
	
}