+ /**
+ * This class provided an equality operation based on the object
+ * reference of the wrapped object. This is required because we cannto
+ * assume that the equals operation has any meaning for different types of
+ * persistent objects. This allows us to use the standard collection
+ * classes for detecting cyclic dependences and avoiding recursion.
+ */
+ private static final class ObjectElem {
+ private Object object;
+
+ public ObjectElem(Object aObject) {
+ object = aObject;
+ }
+
+ public boolean equals(Object aObj) {
+ return ((ObjectElem) aObj).object == object;
+ }
+
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return object.hashCode();
+ }
+ }