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Compare two list of objects without using equals
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import java.util.ArrayList; | |
import java.util.List; | |
import java.util.function.BiFunction; | |
class ClassCannotBeModified { | |
public int a; | |
public int b; | |
public ClassCannotBeModified(int a, int b) { | |
this.a = a; | |
this.b = b; | |
} | |
} | |
public class CompareLists { | |
public static final <T> boolean compareListsWithoutEquals(List<T> first, List<T> second, BiFunction<T, T, Boolean> eq) { | |
if (first == second) { | |
return true; | |
} | |
if ((first == null && second != null) || (first != null && second == null)) { | |
return false; | |
} | |
if (first.size() != second.size()) { | |
return false; | |
} | |
int neededTrues = first.size(); | |
int trues = 0; | |
for (T f : first) { | |
for (T s : second) { | |
if (eq.apply(f, s)) { | |
trues++; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return neededTrues == trues; | |
} | |
public static void main(String[] args) { | |
List<ClassCannotBeModified> first = new ArrayList<>(); | |
first.add(new ClassCannotBeModified(2, 1)); | |
first.add(new ClassCannotBeModified(5, 4)); | |
first.add(new ClassCannotBeModified(7, 9)); | |
List<ClassCannotBeModified> second = new ArrayList<>(); | |
second.add(new ClassCannotBeModified(2, 1)); | |
second.add(new ClassCannotBeModified(5, 4)); | |
second.add(new ClassCannotBeModified(7, 9)); | |
boolean listsAreEqual = compareListsWithoutEquals(first, second, (e1, e2) -> { | |
return e1.a == e2.a && e1.b == e2.b; | |
}); | |
System.out.println(listsAreEqual); | |
} | |
} |
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