1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.springframework.webflow.conversation; 17 18 import java.io.Serializable; 19 20 /** 21 * An id that uniquely identifies a conversation managed by 22 * {@link ConversationManager}. 23 * 24 * @author Ben Hale 25 * @author Keith Donald 26 */ 27 public abstract class ConversationId implements Serializable { 28 29 /** 30 * Subclasses should override toString to return a parseable string form of 31 * the key. 32 * @see java.lang.Object#toString() 33 * @see ConversationManager#parseConversationId(String) 34 */ 35 public abstract String toString(); 36 }