net.sf.joafip.java.util.support

Interface IEqualsHashComparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

HashMapEntryComparator

public interface IEqualsHashComparator

An equality and hash functions,which imposes object equality and hash code computation on some collections of object. It makes able to violate the equals and hashcode general contract which mandates the use of the equals and the hashcode methods when comparing objects.

Author:

luc peuvrier

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object object1, Object object2) check equality of two objects
int	hashCodeOf(Object object) compute hash code of object

Method Detail

equals

boolean equals(Object object1,
             Object object2)

check equality of two objects

Parameters:

object1 -

object2 -

Returns:

true if the two objects are considered equals

hashCodeOf

int hashCodeOf(Object object)

compute hash code of object

Parameters:

object - the object which for hash code have to be compute

Returns:

hash code of object