/**
* If a comparison between two AutoBeans is currently pending, this method will skip their
* comparison.
*/
private static boolean sameOrEquals(
AutoBean<?> value, AutoBean<?> otherValue, Map<PendingComparison, Comparison> pending) {
if (value == otherValue) {
// Simple case
return true;
} else if (!value.getType().equals(otherValue.getType())) {
// Beans of different types
return false;
}
/*
* The PendingComparison key allows us to break reference cycles when
* crawling the graph. Since the entire operation is essentially a
* concatenated && operation, it's ok to speculatively return true for
* repeated a.equals(b) tests.
*/
PendingComparison key = new PendingComparison(value, otherValue);
Comparison previous = pending.get(key);
if (previous == null) {
// Prevent the same comparison from being made
pending.put(key, Comparison.PENDING);
// Compare each property
Map<String, Object> beanProperties = AutoBeanUtils.getAllProperties(value);
Map<String, Object> otherProperties = AutoBeanUtils.getAllProperties(otherValue);
for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : beanProperties.entrySet()) {
Object property = entry.getValue();
Object otherProperty = otherProperties.get(entry.getKey());
if (!sameOrEquals(property, otherProperty, pending)) {
pending.put(key, Comparison.FALSE);
return false;
}
}
pending.put(key, Comparison.TRUE);
return true;
} else {
// Return true for TRUE or PENDING
return !Comparison.FALSE.equals(previous);
}
}
