/**
* Since {@link cscie97.asn3.ecommerce.product.Country} objects may be added to collections, and
* also since the {@link cscie97.asn3.ecommerce.product.IProductAPI} enforces that all country
* items be unique, this method provides a way to determine if another {@link
* cscie97.asn3.ecommerce.product.Country} item is the same as the current one. Uses the Apache
* Commons {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder} to determine if the two objects
* are indeed equal to each other.
*
* @param compare the {@link cscie97.asn3.ecommerce.product.Country} item to compare to the
* current object to test for equality
* @return true if the objects are the same, false otherwise
* @see <a
* href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27581/overriding-equals-and-hashcode-in-java">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27581/overriding-equals-and-hashcode-in-java</a>
* @see <a
* href="http://www.java-tutorial.ch/core-java-tutorial/equalsbuilder">http://www.java-tutorial.ch/core-java-tutorial/equalsbuilder</a>
* @see <a
* href="http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.6/org/apache/commons/lang/builder/EqualsBuilder.html">http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.6/org/apache/commons/lang/builder/EqualsBuilder.html</a>
*/
@Override
public boolean equals(Object compare) {
if (compare == null) return false;
if (!(compare instanceof Country)) return false;
if (compare == this) return true;
Country rhs = (Country) compare;
return new EqualsBuilder()
.appendSuper(super.equals(compare))
.append(this.code, rhs.getCode())
.append(this.name, rhs.getName())
.append(this.exportStatus, rhs.getExportStatus())
.isEquals();
}
/**
* Checks that all required fields are set, and that all country item property values are valid.
*
* @param country the item to be validated for correct properties
* @return true if all properties are valid, false otherwise
*/
public static boolean validateCountry(Country country) {
return ((country.getCode() != null && country.getCode().length() == 2)
&& (country.getName() != null && country.getName().length() > 0)
&& (country.getExportStatus() != null
&& (country.getExportStatus().equalsIgnoreCase("OPEN")
|| country.getExportStatus().equalsIgnoreCase("CLOSED"))));
}