/**
* Returns true if all the parameters have the same names and values. One use will be to determine
* if two DisctetizedFunctions are the same, i.e. set up with the same independent parameters.
*/
public boolean equalsParameterList(ParameterList list) {
// Not same size, can't be equal
if (this.size() != list.size()) return false;
// Check each individual Parameter
ListIterator<ParameterAPI<?>> it = this.getParametersIterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
// This list's parameter
ParameterAPI<?> param1 = it.next();
// List may not contain parameter with this list's parameter name
if (!list.containsParameter(param1.getName())) return false;
// Found two parameters with same name, check equals, actually
// redundent,
// because that is what equals does
ParameterAPI<?> param2 = list.getParameter(param1.getName());
if (!param1.equals(param2)) return false;
// Now try compare to to see if value the same, can fail if two
// values
// are different, or if the value object types are different
try {
if (param1.compareTo(param2) != 0) return false;
} catch (ClassCastException ee) {
return false;
}
}
// Passed all tests - return true
return true;
}
/**
* Returns true if all the parameters have the same names. One use will be to determine if two
* DisctetizedFunctions can be plotted on the same axis, i.e. set up with the same independent
* parameters.
*/
public boolean equalNames(ParameterList list) {
// Not same size, can't be equal
if (this.size() != list.size()) return false;
// Check each individual Parameter
ListIterator<ParameterAPI<?>> it = this.getParametersIterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
// This list's parameter
ParameterAPI<?> param1 = it.next();
// List may not contain parameter with this list's parameter name
if (!list.containsParameter(param1.getName())) return false;
}
// Passed all tests - return true
return true;
}
/**
* compares 2 ParameterList to see if they are equal. It compares them by checking each parameter
* with the passed argument obj is present in the parameterList, it is compared with. It also
* checks if both the parameterLists have same parameters and have the same values.
*
* @param obj instance of ParameterList
* @return int 0 if both object are same else return -1
*/
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
int result = 0;
if (!(obj instanceof ParameterList)) {
throw new ClassCastException(C + "Object not a ParameterList, unable to compare");
}
ParameterList paramList = (ParameterList) obj;
ListIterator<ParameterAPI<?>> it = paramList.getParametersIterator();
if (size() != paramList.size()) return -1;
while (it.hasNext()) {
ParameterAPI param1 = (ParameterAPI) it.next();
ParameterAPI param2 = (ParameterAPI) getParameter(param1.getName());
result = param2.compareTo(param1);
if (result != 0) break;
}
return result;
}