/**
* Check if the specified object equals to this object. The check is based on the index and
* ignore-case properties of the two objects.
*
* @param obj Object: the object to compare
* @return boolean: true if the argument equals this object
*/
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (obj instanceof ArrayComparator) {
ArrayComparator oac = (ArrayComparator) obj;
int[] i1 = oac.getIndices();
int[] i2 = this.getIndices();
if (i1.length == i2.length) {
for (int i = 0; i < i1.length; i++) {
if (i1[i] != i2[i]) {
return false;
}
}
if (oac.isIgnoreCase() == this.isIgnoreCase()) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}