org.avis.util
Class Util

java.lang.Object
  org.avis.util.Util

public final class Util
extends Object

General Avis utility functions.

Author:

Matthew Phillips

Method Summary

static void	checkNotNull(Object value, String name) Check a value is non-null or throw an IllegalArgumentException.
static boolean	valuesEqual(Object value1, Object value2) Test if two objects are equal, handling null values and type differences.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

valuesEqual

public static boolean valuesEqual(Object value1,
                                  Object value2)

Test if two objects are equal, handling null values and type differences.

checkNotNull

public static void checkNotNull(Object value,
                                String name)
                         throws IllegalArgumentException

Check a value is non-null or throw an IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

value - The value to test.

name - The name of the value to be used in the exception.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException