Package org.apache.commons.collections.functors

Class EqualPredicate

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.collections.functors.EqualPredicate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Predicate

public final class EqualPredicate
extends java.lang.Object
implements Predicate, java.io.Serializable

Predicate implementation that returns true if the input is the same object as the one stored in this predicate by equals.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EqualPredicate(java.lang.Object object)	Constructor that performs no validation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(java.lang.Object object)	Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input equals the stored value.
static Predicate	getInstance(java.lang.Object object)	Factory to create the identity predicate.
java.lang.Object	getValue()	Gets the value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EqualPredicate

public EqualPredicate(java.lang.Object object)

Constructor that performs no validation. Use getInstance if you want that.

Parameters:

object - the object to compare to

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Predicate getInstance(java.lang.Object object)

Factory to create the identity predicate.

Parameters:

object - the object to compare to

Returns:

the predicate

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the predicate is null

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(java.lang.Object object)

Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input equals the stored value.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Predicate

Parameters:

object - the input object

Returns:

true if input object equals stored value

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Gets the value.

Returns:

the value

Since:

Commons Collections 3.1