@CheckReturnValue @GwtCompatible public abstract class Equivalence<T> extends Object
A strategy for determining whether two instances are considered equivalent. Examples of equivalences are the identity equivalence and equals equivalence.
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description |
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static class |
Equivalence.Wrapper<T>
Wraps an object so that
Equivalence.Wrapper.equals(Object) and Equivalence.Wrapper.hashCode() delegate to an Equivalence. |
| Modifier | Constructor and Description |
|---|---|
protected |
Equivalence()
Constructor for use by subclasses.
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
protected abstract boolean |
doEquivalent(T a,
T b)
Returns
true if a and b are considered equivalent. |
protected abstract int |
doHash(T t)
Returns a hash code for non-null object
t. |
static Equivalence<Object> |
equals()
Returns an equivalence that delegates to
Object.equals(java.lang.Object) and Object.hashCode(). |
boolean |
equivalent(T a,
T b)
Returns
true if the given objects are considered equivalent. |
Predicate<T> |
equivalentTo(T target)
Returns a predicate that evaluates to true if and only if the input is equivalent to
target according to this equivalence relation. |
int |
hash(T t)
Returns a hash code for
t. |
static Equivalence<Object> |
identity()
Returns an equivalence that uses
== to compare values and System.identityHashCode(Object) to compute the hash code. |
<F> Equivalence<F> |
onResultOf(Function<F,? extends T> function)
Returns a new equivalence relation for
F which evaluates equivalence by first applying function to the argument, then evaluating using this. |
<S extends T> |
pairwise()
Returns an equivalence over iterables based on the equivalence of their elements.
|
<S extends T> |
wrap(S reference)
Returns a wrapper of
reference that implements Object.equals() such that wrap(a).equals(wrap(b)) if and only if equivalent(a, b). |
public final boolean equivalent(@Nullable T a, @Nullable T b)
Returns true if the given objects are considered equivalent.
The equivalent method implements an equivalence relation on object references:
x, including null, equivalent(x, x) returns true.
x and y, equivalent(x, y) == equivalent(y, x).
x, y, and z, if
equivalent(x, y) returns true and equivalent(y, z) returns true, then equivalent(x, z) returns true.
x and y, multiple invocations
of equivalent(x, y) consistently return true or consistently return false (provided that neither x nor y is modified).
protected abstract boolean doEquivalent(T a, T b)
Returns true if a and b are considered equivalent.
Called by equivalent(T, T). a and b are not the same object and are not nulls.
public final int hash(@Nullable T t)
Returns a hash code for t.
The hash has the following properties:
x, multiple invocations of hash(x} consistently return the same value provided x remains unchanged according to the definition of the equivalence. The hash need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application. x and y, if equivalent(x, y), then hash(x) == hash(y). It is not necessary that the hash be distributable across inequivalence. If equivalence(x, y) is false, hash(x) == hash(y) may still be true. hash(null) is 0. protected abstract int doHash(T t)
Returns a hash code for non-null object t.
Called by hash(T).
public final <F> Equivalence<F> onResultOf(Function<F,? extends T> function)
Returns a new equivalence relation for F which evaluates equivalence by first applying function to the argument, then evaluating using this. That is, for any pair of non-null objects x and y, equivalence.onResultOf(function).equivalent(a, b) is true if and only if equivalence.equivalent(function.apply(a), function.apply(b)) is true.
For example:
Equivalence<Person> SAME_AGE = Equivalence.equals().onResultOf(GET_PERSON_AGE);
function will never be invoked with a null value.
Note that function must be consistent according to this equivalence relation. That is, invoking Function.apply(T) multiple times for a given value must return equivalent results. For example, Equivalence.identity().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction()) is broken because it’s not guaranteed that Object.toString()) always returns the same string instance.
public final <S extends T> Equivalence.Wrapper<S> wrap(@Nullable S reference)
Returns a wrapper of reference that implements Object.equals() such that wrap(a).equals(wrap(b)) if and only if equivalent(a, b).
@GwtCompatible(serializable=true) public final <S extends T> Equivalence<Iterable<S>> pairwise()
Returns an equivalence over iterables based on the equivalence of their elements. More specifically, two iterables are considered equivalent if they both contain the same number of elements, and each pair of corresponding elements is equivalent according to this. Null iterables are equivalent to one another.
Note that this method performs a similar function for equivalences as Ordering does for orderings.
@Beta public final Predicate<T> equivalentTo(@Nullable T target)
Returns a predicate that evaluates to true if and only if the input is equivalent to target according to this equivalence relation.
public static Equivalence<Object> equals()
Returns an equivalence that delegates to Object.equals(java.lang.Object) and Object.hashCode(). equivalent(T, T) returns true if both values are null, or if neither value is null and Object.equals(java.lang.Object) returns true. hash(T) returns 0 if passed a null value.
public static Equivalence<Object> identity()
Returns an equivalence that uses == to compare values and System.identityHashCode(Object) to compute the hash code. equivalent(T, T) returns true if a == b, including in the case that a and b are both null.