EqualsHelper (Alfresco 5.2.4 Public Java API)

Method Summary
static boolean	binaryStreamEquals(InputStream left, InputStream right) Performs a byte-level comparison between two streams.
static <K,V> Map<K,org.alfresco.util.EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison>	getMapComparison(Map<K,V> left, Map<K,V> right) Compare two maps.
static String	getMapDifferenceReport(Map<?,?> actual, Map<?,?> expected) Compare two maps and generate a difference report between the actual and expected values.
static boolean	nullSafeEquals(Object left, Object right) Performs an equality check `left.equals(right)` after checking for null values
static boolean	nullSafeEquals(String left, 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(Object left,
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(String left,
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(InputStream left,
InputStream right)
throws 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:

IOException

getMapDifferenceReport

public static String getMapDifferenceReport(Map<?,?> actual,
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 <K,V> Map<K,org.alfresco.util.EqualsHelper.MapValueComparison> getMapComparison(Map<K,V> left,
Map<K,V> right)

Compare two maps.

The return codes that accompany the keys are: