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static public boolean equalsFor(Object[] aThisSignificantFields, Object[] aThatSignificantFields)
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For more information on Project JXTA, please see * http://www.jxta.org. * * This license is based on the BSD license adopted by the Apache Foundation. */ public class Main { /** Return the result of comparing all significant fields. <P>Both <tt>Object[]</tt> parameters are the same size. Each includes all fields that have been deemed by the caller to contribute to the <tt>equals</tt> method. <em>None of those fields are array fields.</em> The order is the same in both arrays, in the sense that the Nth item in each array corresponds to the same underlying field. The caller controls the order in which fields are compared simply through the iteration order of these two arguments. <P>If a primitive field is significant, then it must be converted to a corresponding wrapper <tt>Object</tt> by the caller. */ static public boolean equalsFor(Object[] aThisSignificantFields, Object[] aThatSignificantFields) { //(varargs can be used for final arg only) if (aThisSignificantFields.length != aThatSignificantFields.length) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Array lengths do not match. 'This' length is " + aThisSignificantFields.length + ", while 'That' length is " + aThatSignificantFields.length + "."); } boolean result = true; for (int idx = 0; idx < aThisSignificantFields.length; ++idx) { if (!areEqual(aThisSignificantFields[idx], aThatSignificantFields[idx])) { result = false; break; } } return result; } /** Equals for <tt>boolean</tt> fields. */ static public boolean areEqual(boolean aThis, boolean aThat) { return aThis == aThat; } /** Equals for <tt>char</tt> fields. */ static public boolean areEqual(char aThis, char aThat) { return aThis == aThat; } /** Equals for <tt>long</tt> fields. <P>Note that <tt>byte</tt>, <tt>short</tt>, and <tt>int</tt> are handled by this method, through implicit conversion. */ static public boolean areEqual(long aThis, long aThat) { return aThis == aThat; } /** Equals for <tt>float</tt> fields. */ static public boolean areEqual(float aThis, float aThat) { return Float.floatToIntBits(aThis) == Float.floatToIntBits(aThat); } /** Equals for <tt>double</tt> fields. */ static public boolean areEqual(double aThis, double aThat) { return Double.doubleToLongBits(aThis) == Double .doubleToLongBits(aThat); } /** Equals for possibly-<tt>null</tt> object field. <P><em>Does not include arrays</em>. (This restriction will likely be removed in a future version.) */ static public boolean areEqual(Object aThis, Object aThat) { if (isArray(aThis) || isArray(aThat)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "This method does not currently support arrays."); } return (aThis == null) ? (aThat == null) : aThis.equals(aThat); } private static boolean isArray(Object aObject) { return (aObject != null) && aObject.getClass().isArray(); } }