org.kuali.kfs.gl
Class ObjectHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.kfs.gl.ObjectHelper

Direct Known Subclasses:

StringHelper

public class ObjectHelper
extends Object

This class is used to compare objects with one another

Constructor Summary

protected

ObjectHelper()

Method Summary

static boolean	isEqual(Object lhs, Object rhs) Returns true if object on left side is equal to object on right side
static boolean	isOneOf(Object lhs, Object[] rhs) Return true if object on left side is one of the items in array of objects

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectHelper

protected ObjectHelper()

Method Detail

isEqual

public static boolean isEqual(Object lhs,
                              Object rhs)

Returns true if object on left side is equal to object on right side

Parameters:

lhs - object on left side of equation

rhs - object on right side of equation

Returns:

true if both lhs and rhs are null or if lhs.equals(rhs)

isOneOf

public static boolean isOneOf(Object lhs,
                              Object[] rhs)

Return true if object on left side is one of the items in array of objects

Parameters:

lhs - object on left side of equation

rhs - object on right side of equation

Returns:

false if rhs is null. true if isEqual(lhs, rhs[i]) for any ith element of rhs.