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-/*
- * Copyright 2007 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.model;
-
-import java.io.Serializable;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
-
-/**
- * Kind of <i>Java Bean</i> or <i>Value Object</i> which contains any information we would like to know about one
- * experiment.
- * <p>
- * This class is the <i>Java Object</i> representation of the corresponding data in the database.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @author Christian Ribeaud
- */
-public class Experiment implements Serializable
-{
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-    /**
-     * The unique identifier this experiment as defined in and by the database.
-     */
-    private long id;
-
-    /** Name of the experiment. */
-    private String name;
-
-    /** Description of the experiment. */
-    private String description;
-
-    /**
-     * Registration date of the experiment.
-     * <p>
-     * It is represented by a millisecond value that is an offset from the <em>Epoch</em>, January 1, 1970
-     * 00:00:00.000 GMT (Gregorian).
-     * </p>
-     */
-    private long registrationDate;
-
-    public final String getDescription()
-    {
-        return description;
-    }
-
-    public final void setDescription(String description)
-    {
-        this.description = description;
-    }
-
-    public final long getId()
-    {
-        return id;
-    }
-
-    public final void setId(long id)
-    {
-        this.id = id;
-    }
-
-    public final String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-
-    public final void setName(String name)
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-
-    public final long getRegistrationDate()
-    {
-        return registrationDate;
-    }
-
-    public final void setRegistrationDate(long registrationDate)
-    {
-        this.registrationDate = registrationDate;
-    }
-
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    // Object
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-    @Override
-    public final String toString()
-    {
-        return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    public final boolean equals(Object obj)
-    {
-        if (obj == this)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (obj instanceof Experiment == false)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        Experiment that = (Experiment) obj;
-        EqualsBuilder builder = new EqualsBuilder();
-        builder.append(that.id, id);
-        return builder.isEquals();
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    public final int hashCode()
-    {
-        HashCodeBuilder builder = new HashCodeBuilder();
-        builder.append(id);
-        return builder.toHashCode();
-    }
-}