Package de.cuioss.test.valueobjects.util

Class DeepCopyTestHelper

java.lang.Object

de.cuioss.test.valueobjects.util.DeepCopyTestHelper

public class DeepCopyTestHelper
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DeepCopyTestHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	verifyDeepCopy(Object source, Object copy)	To test the result of a deep copy function.
static void	verifyDeepCopy(Object source, Object copy, Collection<String> ignoreProperties)	To test the result of a deep copy function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DeepCopyTestHelper

public DeepCopyTestHelper()

Method Details

verifyDeepCopy

public static void verifyDeepCopy(Object source,
 Object copy)

To test the result of a deep copy function.

The main focus is to check if the copy is independent from the source and does not have any reference to the source.

To check the equality of the objects the equals method should be implemented correctly.

Parameters:

source - the source object

copy - the result of the copy function

verifyDeepCopy

public static void verifyDeepCopy(Object source,
 Object copy,
 Collection<String> ignoreProperties)

To test the result of a deep copy function.

The main focus is to check if the copy is independent from the source and does not have any reference to the source. -> Deep Copy, instead of shallow copy

To check the equality of the objects the equals method should be implemented correctly.

Parameters:

source - the source object

copy - the result of the copy function

ignoreProperties - The top-level attribute names to be ignored