Operations on Object.
This class tries to handle null input gracefully.
* An exception will generally not be thrown for a null input.
* Each method documents its behaviour in more detail.
Singleton used as a null placeholder where
* null has another meaning.
For example, in a HashMap the
* {@link java.util.HashMap#get(java.lang.Object)} method returns
* null if the Map contains
* null or if there is no matching key. The
* Null placeholder can be used to distinguish between
* these two cases.
Another example is Hashtable, where null
* cannot be stored.
This instance is Serializable.
*/ public static final Null NULL = new Null(); /** *ObjectUtils instances should NOT be constructed in
* standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as
* ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull("a","b");.
This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance * to operate.
*/ public ObjectUtils() { } // Defaulting //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** *Returns a default value if the object passed is
* null.
* ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(null, null) = null
* ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(null, "") = ""
* ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(null, "zz") = "zz"
* ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull("abc", *) = "abc"
* ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(Boolean.TRUE, *) = Boolean.TRUE
*
*
* @param object the Object to test, may be null
* @param defaultValue the default value to return, may be null
* @return object if it is not null, defaultValue otherwise
*/
public static Object defaultIfNull(Object object, Object defaultValue) {
return (object != null ? object : defaultValue);
}
/**
* Compares two objects for equality, where either one or both
* objects may be null.
* ObjectUtils.equals(null, null) = true
* ObjectUtils.equals(null, "") = false
* ObjectUtils.equals("", null) = false
* ObjectUtils.equals("", "") = true
* ObjectUtils.equals(Boolean.TRUE, null) = false
* ObjectUtils.equals(Boolean.TRUE, "true") = false
* ObjectUtils.equals(Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.TRUE) = true
* ObjectUtils.equals(Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.FALSE) = false
*
*
* @param object1 the first object, may be null
* @param object2 the second object, may be null
* @return true if the values of both objects are the same
*/
public static boolean equals(Object object1, Object object2) {
if (object1 == object2) {
return true;
}
if ((object1 == null) || (object2 == null)) {
return false;
}
return object1.equals(object2);
}
// Identity ToString
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Gets the toString that would be produced by Object
* if a class did not override toString itself. null
* will return null.
* ObjectUtils.identityToString(null) = null
* ObjectUtils.identityToString("") = "java.lang.String@1e23"
* ObjectUtils.identityToString(Boolean.TRUE) = "java.lang.Boolean@7fa"
*
*
* @param object the object to create a toString for, may be
* null
* @return the default toString text, or null if
* null passed in
*/
public static String identityToString(Object object) {
if (object == null) {
return null;
}
return appendIdentityToString(null, object).toString();
}
/**
* Appends the toString that would be produced by Object
* if a class did not override toString itself. null
* will return null.
* ObjectUtils.appendIdentityToString(*, null) = null
* ObjectUtils.appendIdentityToString(null, "") = "java.lang.String@1e23"
* ObjectUtils.appendIdentityToString(null, Boolean.TRUE) = "java.lang.Boolean@7fa"
* ObjectUtils.appendIdentityToString(buf, Boolean.TRUE) = buf.append("java.lang.Boolean@7fa")
*
*
* @param buffer the buffer to append to, may be null
* @param object the object to create a toString for, may be null
* @return the default toString text, or null if
* null passed in
* @since 2.0
*/
public static StringBuffer appendIdentityToString(StringBuffer buffer, Object object) {
if (object == null) {
return null;
}
if (buffer == null) {
buffer = new StringBuffer();
}
return buffer
.append(object.getClass().getName())
.append('@')
.append(Integer.toHexString(System.identityHashCode(object)));
}
// ToString
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Gets the toString of an Object returning
* an empty string ("") if null input.
* ObjectUtils.toString(null) = ""
* ObjectUtils.toString("") = ""
* ObjectUtils.toString("bat") = "bat"
* ObjectUtils.toString(Boolean.TRUE) = "true"
*
*
* @see StringUtils#defaultString(String)
* @see String#valueOf(Object)
* @param obj the Object to toString, may be null
* @return the passed in Object's toString, or nullStr if null input
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String toString(Object obj) {
return (obj == null ? "" : obj.toString());
}
/**
* Gets the toString of an Object returning
* a specified text if null input.
* ObjectUtils.toString(null, null) = null
* ObjectUtils.toString(null, "null") = "null"
* ObjectUtils.toString("", "null") = ""
* ObjectUtils.toString("bat", "null") = "bat"
* ObjectUtils.toString(Boolean.TRUE, "null") = "true"
*
*
* @see StringUtils#defaultString(String,String)
* @see String#valueOf(Object)
* @param obj the Object to toString, may be null
* @param nullStr the String to return if null input, may be null
* @return the passed in Object's toString, or nullStr if null input
* @since 2.0
*/
public static String toString(Object obj, String nullStr) {
return (obj == null ? nullStr : obj.toString());
}
// Null
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Class used as a null placeholder where null
* has another meaning.
For example, in a HashMap the
* {@link java.util.HashMap#get(java.lang.Object)} method returns
* null if the Map contains
* null or if there is no matching key. The
* Null placeholder can be used to distinguish between
* these two cases.
Another example is Hashtable, where null
* cannot be stored.
Ensure singleton.
* * @return the singleton value */ private Object readResolve() { return ObjectUtils.NULL; } } }