Compare the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not.
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
/** * Origin of code: Apache Avalon (Excalibur)
*
* @author Peter Donald
* @author Jeff Turner
* @author Matthew Hawthorne
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author Gareth Davis
* @version CVS $Revision$ $Date$*/
public class Main {
/**
* Compare the contents of two Readers to determine if they are equal or not.
* <p>
* This method buffers the input internally using <code>BufferedReader</code> if they are not
* already buffered.
*
* @param input1
* the first reader
* @param input2
* the second reader
* @return true if the content of the readers are equal or they both don't exist, false
* otherwise
* @throws NullPointerException
* if either input is null
* @throws IOException
* if an I/O error occurs
* @since 1.1
*/
public static boolean contentEquals(Reader input1, Reader input2) throws IOException
{
if (!(input1 instanceof BufferedReader))
{
input1 = new BufferedReader(input1);
}
if (!(input2 instanceof BufferedReader))
{
input2 = new BufferedReader(input2);
}
int ch = input1.read();
while (-1 != ch)
{
int ch2 = input2.read();
if (ch != ch2)
{
return false;
}
ch = input1.read();
}
int ch2 = input2.read();
return (ch2 == -1);
}
}
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