com.openpojo.business.identity.impl

Class DefaultIdentityEvaluator

java.lang.Object

com.openpojo.business.identity.impl.DefaultIdentityEvaluator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IdentityEvaluator

public class DefaultIdentityEvaluator
extends java.lang.Object
implements IdentityEvaluator

This class is the default implementation for identity evaluation. The primary function of this class is to evaluate two business entities' equality.

Note: if two business fields are defined as optional (aka required = false) and both are set to null, they are considered equal.

Author:

oshoukry

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	areEqual(java.lang.Object first, java.lang.Object second) This method is responsible for evaluating two objects as equal using the identity.
static IdentityEvaluator	getInstance()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static IdentityEvaluator getInstance()

areEqual

public boolean areEqual(java.lang.Object first,
                        java.lang.Object second)

Description copied from interface: IdentityEvaluator

This method is responsible for evaluating two objects as equal using the identity.

Specified by:

areEqual in interface IdentityEvaluator

Parameters:

first - First object in the equality.

second - Second object in the equality.

Returns:

True if both objects are equal.