org.kuali.common.util

Class ObjectUtils

java.lang.Object

org.kuali.common.util.ObjectUtils

public class ObjectUtils
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	equalsByToString(Object main, Object other) This method returns true if the toString() methods on both objects return matching strings AND both objects are the exact same runtime type.
static boolean	notEqual(Object main, Object other) Return true if main is definitely not equal to other.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectUtils

public ObjectUtils()

Method Detail

equalsByToString

public static boolean equalsByToString(Object main,
                       Object other)

This method returns true if the toString() methods on both objects return matching strings AND both objects are the exact same runtime type.

Returns true immediately if main==other (ie they are the same object).

Returns false immediately if other==null or is a different runtime type than main.

If neither one is null, and both are the exact same runtime type, then compare the toString() methods

Parameters:

main - The object other is being compared to.

other - The object being examined for equality with main.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If main is null or main.toString() returns null

notEqual

public static boolean notEqual(Object main,
               Object other)

Return true if main is definitely not equal to other. More precisely, if other is null OR a different runtime type than main, return true

Parameters:

main - The object other is being compared to.

other - The object being examined for equality with main.

Throws:

NullPointerException - If main is null