/**
* Returns a map of properties that differ (via {@link Object#equals(Object)}) between two
* AutoBeans. The keys are property names and the values are the value of the property in <code>b
* </code>. Properties present in <code>a</code> but missing in <code>b</code> will be represented
* by <code>null</code> values. This implementation will compare AutoBeans of different
* parameterizations, although the diff produced is likely meaningless.
*
* <p>This will work for both simple and wrapper AutoBeans.
*
* @param a an {@link AutoBean}
* @param b an {@link AutoBean}
* @return a {@link Map} of differing properties
*/
public static Map<String, Object> diff(AutoBean<?> a, AutoBean<?> b) {
// Fast check for comparing an object to itself
if (a == b) {
return Collections.emptyMap();
}
final Map<String, Object> toReturn = getAllProperties(b);
// Remove the entries that are equal, adding nulls for missing properties
a.accept(
new AutoBeanVisitor() {
@Override
public boolean visitReferenceProperty(
String propertyName, AutoBean<?> previousValue, PropertyContext ctx) {
if (toReturn.containsKey(propertyName)) {
if (equal(propertyName, previousValue)) {
// No change
toReturn.remove(propertyName);
}
} else {
// The predecessor has a value that this object doesn't.
toReturn.put(propertyName, null);
}
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean visitValueProperty(
String propertyName, Object previousValue, PropertyContext ctx) {
if (toReturn.containsKey(propertyName)) {
if (equal(propertyName, previousValue)) {
// No change
toReturn.remove(propertyName);
}
} else {
// The predecessor has a value that this object doesn't.
toReturn.put(propertyName, null);
}
return false;
}
private boolean equal(String propertyName, AutoBean<?> previousValue) {
return previousValue == null && toReturn.get(propertyName) == null
|| previousValue != null && equal(propertyName, previousValue.as());
}
private boolean equal(String propertyName, Object previousValue) {
Object currentValue = toReturn.get(propertyName);
return previousValue == null && currentValue == null
|| previousValue != null && previousValue.equals(currentValue);
}
});
return toReturn;
}
/**
* Returns a map that is a copy of the properties contained in an AutoBean. The returned map is
* mutable, but editing it will not have any effect on the bean that produced it.
*
* @param bean an {@link AutoBean}
* @return a {@link Map} of the bean's properties
*/
public static Map<String, Object> getAllProperties(AutoBean<?> bean) {
final Map<String, Object> toReturn = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
// Look at the previous value of all properties
bean.accept(
new AutoBeanVisitor() {
@Override
public boolean visitReferenceProperty(
String propertyName, AutoBean<?> value, PropertyContext ctx) {
toReturn.put(propertyName, value == null ? null : value.as());
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean visitValueProperty(
String propertyName, Object value, PropertyContext ctx) {
toReturn.put(propertyName, value);
return false;
}
});
return toReturn;
}