Package org.assertj.core.api.recursive.comparison

Class RecursiveComparisonDifferenceCalculator

java.lang.Object

org.assertj.core.api.recursive.comparison.RecursiveComparisonDifferenceCalculator

public class RecursiveComparisonDifferenceCalculator
extends Object

Based on DeepDifference but takes a RecursiveComparisonConfiguration, DeepDifference being itself based on the deep equals implementation of https://github.com/jdereg/java-util

Author:

John DeRegnaucourt ([email protected]), Pascal Schumacher

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RecursiveComparisonDifferenceCalculator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<ComparisonDifference>	determineDifferences(Object actual, Object expected, RecursiveComparisonConfiguration recursiveComparisonConfiguration)	Compare two objects for differences by doing a 'deep' comparison.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

RecursiveComparisonDifferenceCalculator

public RecursiveComparisonDifferenceCalculator()

Method Details

determineDifferences

public List<ComparisonDifference> determineDifferences(Object actual,
 Object expected,
 RecursiveComparisonConfiguration recursiveComparisonConfiguration)

Compare two objects for differences by doing a 'deep' comparison. This will traverse the Object graph and perform either a field-by-field comparison on each object (if not .equals() method has been overridden from Object), or it will call the customized .equals() method if it exists.

This method handles cycles correctly, for example A->B->C->A. Suppose a and a' are two separate instances of the A with the same values for all fields on A, B, and C. Then a.deepEquals(a') will return an empty list. It uses cycle detection storing visited objects in a Set to prevent endless loops.

Parameters:

actual - Object one to compare

expected - Object two to compare

recursiveComparisonConfiguration - the recursive comparison configuration

Returns:

the list of differences found or an empty list if objects are equivalent. Equivalent means that all field values of both subgraphs are the same, either at the field level or via the respectively encountered overridden .equals() methods during traversal.