Package com.webmethods.caf.common

Class EqualsUtil

java.lang.Object
com.webmethods.caf.common.EqualsUtil
public final class EqualsUtil extends Object
The following utility class allows simple construction of an effective equals method. It is based on the recommendations of Effective Java, by Joshua Bloch.

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    EqualsUtil()
     

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    static boolean
    areEqual(boolean aThis, boolean aThat)
    Compares two boolean values
    static boolean
    areEqual(char aThis, char aThat)
    Compares two char values
    static boolean
    areEqual(double aThis, double aThat)
    Compares two double values
    static boolean
    areEqual(float aThis, float aThat)
    Compares two float values
    static boolean
    areEqual(long aThis, long aThat)
    Compares two long, byte, short or int values
    static boolean
    areEqual(Object aThis, Object aThat)
    Possibly-null object field.
    static boolean
    areEqualWithConstantTiming(String strA, String strB)
    MWS-7695: Use a constant time string comparison function to guard against timing attacks

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  • Constructor Details

    • EqualsUtil

      public EqualsUtil()

  • Method Details

    • areEqual

      public static boolean areEqual(boolean aThis, boolean aThat)
      Compares two boolean values
      Parameters:
      aThis - first boolean to be compared
      aThat - first boolean to be compared
      Returns:
      if two boolean are equal

    • areEqual

      public static boolean areEqual(char aThis, char aThat)
      Compares two char values
      Parameters:
      aThis - first char to be compared
      aThat - first char to be compared
      Returns:
      if two chars are equal

    • areEqual

      public static boolean areEqual(long aThis, long aThat)
      Compares two long, byte, short or int values
      Parameters:
      aThis - first value to be compared
      aThat - first value to be compared
      Returns:
      if two values are equal

    • areEqual

      public static boolean areEqual(float aThis, float aThat)
      Compares two float values
      Parameters:
      aThis - first float to be compared
      aThat - first float to be compared
      Returns:
      if two float values are equal

    • areEqual

      public static boolean areEqual(double aThis, double aThat)
      Compares two double values
      Parameters:
      aThis - first double to be compared
      aThat - second double to be compared
      Returns:
      if two values are equal

    • areEqual

      public static boolean areEqual(Object aThis, Object aThat)
      Possibly-null object field. Includes type-safe enumerations and collections, but does not include arrays. See class comment.

    • areEqualWithConstantTiming

      public static boolean areEqualWithConstantTiming(String strA, String strB)
      MWS-7695: Use a constant time string comparison function to guard against timing attacks