Handle (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

HibernateHandle, HibernateHandle, SpaceKeyHandle, TransientHibernateHandle
```
public interface Handle
extends Serializable
```
A token by which the AnyTypeObjectDao (for example) can resolve any persistent object. Handle is marker-interface with no required methods, but implementors must follow the contract for the toString method.
Handles are used to represent persistent objects in places such as the full-search index, providing a way to go back from some text representation to a full object.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`toString()`	The `toString()` method of a Handle must be written so that the AnyTypeObjectDao (for example) can resolve the String representation of a Handle back to a Handle object, and thus find the referenced object

- Method Detail
  - toString
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String toString()
```
    The toString() method of a Handle must be written so that the AnyTypeObjectDao (for example) can resolve the String representation of a Handle back to a Handle object, and thus find the referenced object
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a String representation of this Handle that can be resolved back to the same object.