core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/functor/core/IsNotSame.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} the reference (!=) inequality of its arguments.
 *
 * @param <L> the left argument type.
 * @param <R> the right argument type.
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public final class IsNotSame<L, R> implements BinaryPredicate<L, R>, Serializable {
    // static attributes
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Basic IsNotSame<Object, Object> instance.
     */
    public static final IsNotSame<Object, Object> INSTANCE = IsNotSame.<Object, Object>instance();
    /**
     * serialVersionUID declaration.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5566555980860979281L;

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

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

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

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

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

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

    /**
     * Get an IsNotSame 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> as(R object) {
        return new RightBoundPredicate<L>(new IsNotSame<L, R>(), object);
    }
}