com.google.gwt.view.client

## Interface ProvidesKey<T>

- Type Parameters:
    `T` - the data type of records in the list
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    SelectionModel<T>, SetSelectionModel<T>
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractDataProvider, AsyncDataProvider, DefaultSelectionModel, EntityProxyKeyProvider, ListDataProvider, MultiSelectionModel, NoSelectionModel, OrderedMultiSelectionModel, SelectionModel.AbstractSelectionModel, SimpleKeyProvider, SingleSelectionModel

      public interface ProvidesKey<T>

  Implementors of `ProvidesKey` provide a key for list items, such that items that are to be treated as distinct (for example, for editing) have distinct keys.

  The key must implement a coherent set of `Object.equals(Object)` and `Object.hashCode()` methods such that if objects `A` and `B` are to be treated as identical, then `A.equals(B)`, `B.equals(A)`, and `A.hashCode() == B.hashCode()`. If `A` and `B` are to be treated as unequal, then it must be the case that `A.equals(B) == false` and `B.equals(A) == false`.

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.Object` | `getKey(T item)` Get the key for a list item.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getKey

          java.lang.Object getKey(T item)

      Get the key for a list item.
      Parameters:
        `item` - the list item
      Returns:
        the key that represents the item