org.castor.xmlctf
Class CompareHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.xmlctf.CompareHelper

public class CompareHelper
extends Object

Assists in the comparison of objects. This method is used by generated code but is not used within the CTF directly.

Version:

$Revision: 6785 $ $Date: 2003-10-15 09:17:49 -0600 (Wed, 15 Oct 2003) $

Author:

Sebastien Gignoux

Constructor Summary

CompareHelper()

Method Summary

static boolean	comparePrimitiveArray(Object o1, Object o2) Compares two arrays of primitive values.
static boolean	equals(Object o1, Object o2) Compare two objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompareHelper

public CompareHelper()

Method Detail

equals

public static boolean equals(Object o1,
                             Object o2)

Compare two objects. Return true if they are both null or if they are equal. This comparison method has special handling for arrays: For arrays, each element is compared.

Warning: We will throw a NullPointerException if any element of either array is null.

Parameters:

o1 - first object

o2 - second object

Returns:

true if both objects are both null or otherwise are equal

comparePrimitiveArray

public static boolean comparePrimitiveArray(Object o1,
                                            Object o2)

Compares two arrays of primitive values. The caller should have tested that the two array have the same length and that the component type are equal.

Parameters:

o1 - The first array

o2 - The second array

Returns:

true if the two objects represent arrays of the same primitive values