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Commons Collections example source code file (EqualPredicate.java)

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The Commons Collections EqualPredicate.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Predicate;

/**
 * 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
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public final class EqualPredicate implements Predicate, Serializable {

    /** Serial version UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5633766978029907089L;

    /** The value to compare to */
    private final Object iValue;
    
    /**
     * Factory to create the identity predicate.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to compare to
     * @return the predicate
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the predicate is null
     */
    public static Predicate getInstance(Object object) {
        if (object == null) {
            return NullPredicate.INSTANCE;
        }
        return new EqualPredicate(object);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that performs no validation.
     * Use <code>getInstance if you want that.
     * 
     * @param object  the object to compare to
     */
    public EqualPredicate(Object object) {
        super();
        iValue = object;
    }

    /**
     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input equals the stored value.
     * 
     * @param object  the input object
     * @return true if input object equals stored value
     */
    public boolean evaluate(Object object) {
        return (iValue.equals(object));
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value.
     * 
     * @return the value
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    public Object getValue() {
        return iValue;
    }

}

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