core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/functor/core/IsNotEqual.java

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package org.apache.commons.functor.core;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.functor.BinaryPredicate;
import org.apache.commons.functor.Predicate;
import org.apache.commons.functor.adapter.RightBoundPredicate;

/**
 * {@link #test Tests}
 * <code>true</code> iff its arguments are
 * not {@link Object#equals equal} or both
 * <code>null</code>.
 * <p>
 * This relation is symmetric but irreflexive
 * and not transitive.
 * </p>
 * @param <L> the left argument type.
 * @param <R> the right argument type.
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public final class IsNotEqual<L, R> implements BinaryPredicate<L, R>, Serializable {
    // static attributes
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Basic IsNotEqual<Object, Object> instance.
     */
    public static final IsNotEqual<Object, Object> INSTANCE = IsNotEqual.<Object, Object>instance();
    /**
     * serialVersionUID declaration.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7303588338955281317L;

    // constructor
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Create a new IsNotEqual.
     */
    public IsNotEqual() {
    }

    // predicate interface
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public boolean test(L left, R right) {
        return (null == left ? null != right : !left.equals(right));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object that) {
        return that instanceof IsNotEqual<?, ?>;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return "IsNotEqual".hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "IsNotEqual";
    }

    // static methods
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Get an IsNotEqual instance.
     * @param <L> the left argument type.
     * @param <R> the right argument type.
     * @return IsNotEqual<L, R>
     */
    public static <L, R> IsNotEqual<L, R> instance() {
        return new IsNotEqual<L, R>();
    }

    /**
     * Get an IsNotEqual Predicate.
     * @param <L> the left argument type.
     * @param <R> the right argument type.
     * @param object bound comparison object
     * @return Predicate<L>
     */
    public static <L, R> Predicate<L> to(R object) {
        return new RightBoundPredicate<L>(new IsNotEqual<L, R>(), object);
    }
}