Java List Compare compareLists(List l1, List l2)

Description

compare Lists

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static <E> boolean compareLists(List<E> l1, List<E> l2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   ww  w .j av  a  2  s  .c o m*/
Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
See License.txt in the project root for license information.
*/

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static <E> boolean compareLists(List<E> l1, List<E> l2) {
        return compareArrays(l1.toArray(), l2.toArray());
    }

    public static boolean compareArrays(Object[] arr1, Object[] arr2) {
        if (arr1 == null && arr2 == null) {
            return true;
        }

        if (arr1 == null || arr2 == null) {
            return false;
        }

        if (arr1.length != arr2.length) {
            return false;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < arr1.length; i++) {
            Object o1 = arr1[i];
            Object o2 = arr2[i];

            if (!compare(o1, o2)) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    public static boolean compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
        if (o1 == null && o2 == null) {
            return true;
        }

        if (o1 == null || o2 == null) {
            return false;
        }

        return o1.equals(o2);
    }
}

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