[GROOVY-2879] Create @Identity annotation to autogenerate equals() / hashCode() / toString()

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.8-beta-1
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Daniel Gredler
• Created: 03/Jun/08 16:33
• Updated: 16/May/11 11:42
• Resolved: 18/Jul/10 22:07

Description

The new @Bindable annotation is great. It (further) reduces the amount of boilerplate code required in Groovy beans. The next logical step is an @Identity annotation that can be applied to one or more attributes, telling Groovy that those properties define the identity / business key / whatever-you-want-to-call-it of the bean. The object's equals(), hashCode() and toString() would behave accordingly.

May be related to GROOVY-27, but I'm not sure (was marked Won't Fix).