org.tiogasolutions.dev.common

Class Evaluator

java.lang.Object

org.tiogasolutions.dev.common.Evaluator

public class Evaluator
extends java.lang.Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	evaluate(java.lang.Object objectA, java.lang.Object objectB) Evaluates two objects by first testing for null conditions and then calling a.equals(b).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

evaluate

public static boolean evaluate(java.lang.Object objectA,
                               java.lang.Object objectB)

Evaluates two objects by first testing for null conditions and then calling a.equals(b). In the case of classes derived from java.util.Date, namely java.sql.Date, java.sql.Time and java.sql.Timestamp, the objects are compared according to their type. For example, java.sql.Time objects are comapred ignoring the date component present in the parent class where java.sql.Date objects are compared ignoring the time component.

Parameters:

objectA - the first value to evaluate

objectB - the second value to evaluate

Returns:

true if the two objects are considered to be equivalent