package step.core;
import java.io.*;

public abstract class StepCoreObject implements StepObject {
    abstract public StepCoreObjectReaderWriter readerWriter();
    abstract public String entityName();
    public boolean isKindOf(String entName) { return false; }
    public boolean isInstanceOf(String entName) { return false; }
    public String toString(StepAbstractRepository repo) throws Exception {
	return readerWriter().toString((StepCoreRepository)repo, this);
    }
    public StepCoreObject(StepCoreRepository repo) {
	repo.record(this);
    }
    public StepCoreObject() {
    }
    public void initializeExplicitAttributes() {}
    public boolean replaceReferenceWith(StepCoreObject oldObj, StepCoreObject newObj) { return false; }
}