From 491db1fa72a99e55539b54b03eef3c0d69b27871 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?David=20=E2=80=98Bombe=E2=80=99=20Roden?=
 <bombe@pterodactylus.net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 15:07:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] rename class compare objects instead of strings fix
 comparison

git-svn-id: http://trooper/svn/projects/jSite/trunk@894 c3eda9e8-030b-0410-8277-bc7414b0a119
---
 src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/Comparer.java | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/Comparer.java

diff --git a/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/Comparer.java b/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/Comparer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68c5264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/Comparer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * jSite2 - StringComparer.java
+ * Copyright © 2008 David Roden
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+package net.pterodactylus.util.beans;
+
+/**
+ * Compares different objects. Can be used to detect change in property values.
+ * 
+ * @author David ‘Bombe’ Roden &lt;bombe@freenetproject.org&gt;
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class Comparer {
+
+	/**
+	 * Compares the two objects and returns whether they are equal according to
+	 * {@link Object#equals(Object)}. This method takes <code>null</code>
+	 * into account as a valid value for an object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param first
+	 *            The first object
+	 * @param second
+	 *            The second object
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if the two objects are equal,
+	 *         <code>false</code> otherwise
+	 */
+	public static boolean equal(Object first, Object second) {
+		return ((first == null) && (second == null)) || ((first != null) && first.equals(second)) || ((second != null) && second.equals(first));
+	}
+
+}
-- 
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