Class Symbol

src/jvm/clojure/lang/Symbol.java:19–141

public class Symbol extends AFn implements IObj, Comparable, Named, Serializable, IHashEq{

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1191039485148212259L;

final String ns;
final String name;
private int _hasheq;
final IPersistentMap _meta;
transient String _str;

public String toString(){
	if(_str == null){
		if(ns != null)
			_str = (ns + "/" + name);
		else
			_str = name;
	}
	return _str;
}

public String getNamespace(){
	return ns;
}

public String getName(){
	return name;
}

// the create thunks preserve binary compatibility with code compiled
// against earlier version of Clojure and can be removed (at some point).
static public Symbol create(String ns, String name) {
    return Symbol.intern(ns, name);
}

static public Symbol create(String nsname) {
    return Symbol.intern(nsname);
}
    
static public Symbol intern(String ns, String name){
	return new Symbol(ns, name);
}

static public Symbol intern(String nsname){
	int i = nsname.indexOf('/');
	if(i == -1 || nsname.equals("/"))
		return new Symbol(null, nsname);
	else
		return new Symbol(nsname.substring(0, i), nsname.substring(i + 1));
}

private Symbol(String ns_interned, String name_interned){
	this.name = name_interned;
	this.ns = ns_interned;
	this._meta = null;
}

public boolean equals(Object o){
	if(this == o)