org.alfresco.util

Class EqualsHelper

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.util.EqualsHelper

public class EqualsHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class providing helper methods for various types of equals functionality

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison Enumeration for results returned by map comparisons.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EqualsHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	binaryStreamEquals(java.io.InputStream left, java.io.InputStream right) Performs a byte-level comparison between two streams.
static java.util.Map	getMapComparison(java.util.Map left, java.util.Map right) Compare two maps.
static java.lang.String	getMapDifferenceReport(java.util.Map actual, java.util.Map expected) Compare two maps and generate a difference report between the actual and expected values.
static boolean	nullSafeEquals(java.lang.Object left, java.lang.Object right) Performs an equality check left.equals(right) after checking for null values
static boolean	nullSafeEquals(java.lang.String left, java.lang.String right, boolean ignoreCase) Performs an case-sensitive or case-insensitive equality check after checking for null values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EqualsHelper

public EqualsHelper()

Method Detail

nullSafeEquals

public static boolean nullSafeEquals(java.lang.Object left,
                     java.lang.Object right)

Performs an equality check left.equals(right) after checking for null values

Parameters:

left - the Object appearing in the left side of an equals statement

right - the Object appearing in the right side of an equals statement

Returns:

Return true or false even if one or both of the objects are null

nullSafeEquals

public static boolean nullSafeEquals(java.lang.String left,
                     java.lang.String right,
                     boolean ignoreCase)

Performs an case-sensitive or case-insensitive equality check after checking for null values

Parameters:

ignoreCase - true to ignore case

binaryStreamEquals

public static boolean binaryStreamEquals(java.io.InputStream left,
                         java.io.InputStream right)
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Performs a byte-level comparison between two streams.

Parameters:

left - the left stream. This is closed at the end of the operation.

right - an right stream. This is closed at the end of the operation.

Returns:

Returns true if the streams are identical to the last byte

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getMapDifferenceReport

public static java.lang.String getMapDifferenceReport(java.util.Map actual,
                                      java.util.Map expected)

Compare two maps and generate a difference report between the actual and expected values. This method is particularly useful during unit tests as the result (if not null) can be appended to a failure message.

Parameters:

actual - the map in hand

expected - the map expected

Returns:

Returns a difference report or null if there were no differences. The message starts with a new line and is neatly formatted.

getMapComparison

public static java.util.Map getMapComparison(java.util.Map left,
                             java.util.Map right)

Compare two maps.

The return codes that accompany the keys are:

• EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison.LEFT_ONLY
• EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison.RIGHT_ONLY
• EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison.EQUAL
• EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison.NOT_EQUAL

Parameters:

left - the left side of the comparison

right - the right side of the comparison

Returns:

Returns a map whose keys are a union of the two maps' keys, along with the value comparison result