Features/use comparator

src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/BeanDiffer.java

@@ -72,14 +72,18 @@ else if (instances.hasBeenRemoved())
 
 	private void compareUsingAppropriateMethod(final Node beanNode, final Instances instances)
 	{
-		if (nodeInspector.isIntrospectible(beanNode))
+		if (nodeInspector.isCompareToOnly(beanNode))
 		{
-			compareUsingIntrospection(beanNode, instances);
+			compareUsingCompareTo(beanNode, instances);
 		}
 		else if (nodeInspector.isEqualsOnly(beanNode))
 		{
 			compareUsingEquals(beanNode, instances);
 		}
+        else if (nodeInspector.isIntrospectible(beanNode))
+        {
+            compareUsingIntrospection(beanNode, instances);
+        }
 	}
 
 	private void compareUsingIntrospection(final Node beanNode, final Instances beanInstances)
@@ -96,6 +100,19 @@ private void compareUsingIntrospection(final Node beanNode, final Instances bean
 		}
 	}
 
+    @SuppressWarnings({"MethodMayBeStatic"})
+    private void compareUsingCompareTo(final Node beanNode, final Instances instances)
+    {
+        if (instances.areEqualByComparison())
+        {
+            beanNode.setState(Node.State.UNTOUCHED);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            beanNode.setState(Node.State.CHANGED);
+        }
+    }
+
 	@SuppressWarnings({"MethodMayBeStatic"})
 	private void compareUsingEquals(final Node beanNode, final Instances instances)
 	{

src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/Configuration.java

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public enum PrimitiveDefaultValueMode
 	private final Collection<PropertyPath> includedProperties = new HashSet<PropertyPath>(10);
 	private final Collection<PropertyPath> excludedProperties = new HashSet<PropertyPath>(10);
 	private final Collection<PropertyPath> equalsOnlyProperties = new LinkedHashSet<PropertyPath>(10);
+    private final Collection<Class<?>> compareToOnlyTypes = new LinkedHashSet<Class<?>>(10);
 	private final Collection<Class<?>> equalsOnlyTypes = new LinkedHashSet<Class<?>>(10);
 	private boolean returnUnchangedNodes = false;
 	private boolean returnIgnoredNodes = false;
@@ -124,6 +125,12 @@ public Configuration withoutProperty(final PropertyPath propertyPath)
 		return this;
 	}
 
+    public Configuration withCompareToOnlyType(final Class<?> type)
+    {
+        this.compareToOnlyTypes.add(type);
+        return this;
+    }
+
 	public Configuration withEqualsOnlyType(final Class<?> type)
 	{
 		this.equalsOnlyTypes.add(type);
@@ -257,6 +264,23 @@ public boolean isExcluded(final Node node)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+    public boolean isCompareToOnly(final Node node)
+    {
+        final Class<?> propertyType = node.getType();
+        if (propertyType != null)
+        {
+            if (compareToOnlyTypes.contains(propertyType) && Comparable.class.isAssignableFrom(propertyType))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (Classes.isComparableType(propertyType))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 	public boolean isEqualsOnly(final Node node)
 	{
 		final Class<?> propertyType = node.getType();
@@ -311,13 +335,9 @@ else if (node.hasChildren())
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	public boolean isIntrospectible(final Node node)
+    public boolean isIntrospectible(final Node node)
 	{
-		if (isEqualsOnly(node))
-		{
-			return false;
-		}
-		else if (node.isAdded())
+		if (node.isAdded())
 		{
 			return returnChildrenOfAddedNodes;
 		}

src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/Instances.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.*;
 
 import static de.danielbechler.util.Objects.*;
+import static de.danielbechler.util.Comparables.*;
 
 /** @author Daniel Bechler */
 @SuppressWarnings({"UnusedDeclaration"})
@@ -172,7 +173,12 @@ public boolean areEqual()
 		return isEqual(base, working);
 	}
 
-	public boolean areSame()
+    public boolean areEqualByComparison()
+	{
+		return isEqualByComparison((Comparable) base, (Comparable) working);
+	}
+
+    public boolean areSame()
 	{
 		return working == base;
 	}

src/main/java/de/danielbechler/diff/NodeInspector.java

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ interface NodeInspector
 
 	boolean isExcluded(Node node);
 
+    boolean isCompareToOnly(Node node);
+
 	boolean isEqualsOnly(Node node);
 
 	boolean isReturnable(Node node);

src/main/java/de/danielbechler/util/Classes.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.*;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ public static boolean isSimpleType(final Class<?> clazz)
 				Class.class.equals(clazz);
 	}
 
+	public static boolean isComparableType(final Class<?> clazz)
+	{
+		return BigDecimal.class.equals(clazz);
+	}
+
 	public static <T> T freshInstanceOf(final Class<T> clazz)
 	{
 		if (clazz == null)

src/main/java/de/danielbechler/util/Comparables.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Daniel Bechler
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package de.danielbechler.util;
+
+/** @author Daniel Bechler */
+public class Comparables
+{
+	private Comparables()
+	{
+	}
+
+	public static <T extends Comparable<T>> boolean isEqualByComparison(final T a, final T b)
+	{
+		if (a != null)
+		{
+			return a.compareTo(b) == 0;
+		}
+		else if (b != null)
+		{
+			return b.compareTo(a) == 0;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+}

src/test/java/de/danielbechler/diff/BeanDifferShould.java

@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ public void ignore_ignored_properties()
 		assertThat(node).self().hasState(Node.State.IGNORED);
 	}
 
+    @Test
+    public void compare_bean_via_compare_to()
+    {
+        final ObjectWithCompareTo working = new ObjectWithCompareTo("foo", "ignore");
+        final ObjectWithCompareTo base = new ObjectWithCompareTo("foo", "ignore this too");
+        configuration.withCompareToOnlyType(ObjectWithCompareTo.class);
+
+        final Node node = differ.compare(Node.ROOT, Instances.of(working, base));
+
+        assertThat(node).self().isUntouched();
+    }
+
 	@Test
 	public void compare_bean_via_equals()
 	{

src/test/java/de/danielbechler/diff/ConfigurationTest.java

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import org.mockito.stubbing.*;
 import org.testng.annotations.*;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
 import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.*;
@@ -98,6 +100,35 @@ public void testIsIgnoredWithCategory() throws Exception
 		assertThat(configuration.isIgnored(node), is(true));
 	}
 
+    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+    @Test
+    public void testIsCompareToOnlyWithConfiguredPropertyType() throws Exception
+    {
+        final Class aClass = ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo.class;
+        when(node.getType()).thenReturn(aClass);
+        configuration.withCompareToOnlyType(aClass);
+        assertThat(configuration.isCompareToOnly(node), is(true));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+    @Test
+    public void testIsCompareToOnlyWithConfiguredPropertyTypeNotComparable() throws Exception
+    {
+        final Class aClass = ObjectWithString.class;
+        when(node.getType()).thenReturn(aClass);
+        configuration.withCompareToOnlyType(aClass);
+        assertThat(configuration.isCompareToOnly(node), is(false));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+    @Test
+    public void testIsCompareToOnlyWithComparableType() throws Exception
+    {
+        final Class aClass = BigDecimal.class;
+        when(node.getType()).thenReturn(aClass);
+        assertThat(configuration.isCompareToOnly(node), is(true));
+    }
+
 	@Test
 	public void testIsEqualsOnlyWithConfiguredPropertyPath() throws Exception
 	{
@@ -142,13 +173,6 @@ public void testIsEqualsOnlyWithTypeThatShouldNotBeComparedUsingEquals() throws
 		assertThat(configuration.isEqualsOnly(node), is(false));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testIsIntrospectibleWithEqualsOnlyNodeReturnsFalse()
-	{
-		when(node.getType()).then(returnClass(String.class));
-		assertThat(configuration.isIntrospectible(node)).isFalse();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testIsIntrospectibleWithUntouchedNonEqualsOnlyNodeReturnsFalse()
 	{
@@ -189,7 +213,7 @@ public void testIsIntrospectibleReturnsFalseForRemovedNodeIfChildrenOfRemovedNod
 		assertThat(configuration.isIntrospectible(node)).isFalse();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings({"TypeMayBeWeakened"})
+    @SuppressWarnings({"TypeMayBeWeakened"})
 	private static <T> Answer<Class<T>> returnClass(final Class<T> aClass)
 	{
 		return new Answer<Class<T>>()

src/test/java/de/danielbechler/diff/mock/ObjectWithCompareTo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Daniel Bechler
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package de.danielbechler.diff.mock;
+
+import de.danielbechler.util.Assert;
+
+/** @author Daniel Bechler */
+public class ObjectWithCompareTo implements Comparable<ObjectWithCompareTo>
+{
+	private final String key;
+
+	private String value;
+	private ObjectWithCompareTo item;
+
+	public ObjectWithCompareTo(final String key)
+	{
+		Assert.hasText(key, "key");
+		this.key = key;
+	}
+
+	public ObjectWithCompareTo(final String key, final String value)
+	{
+		this(key);
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+
+	public String getKey()
+	{
+		return key;
+	}
+
+	public String getValue()
+	{
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	public void setValue(final String value)
+	{
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+
+	public ObjectWithCompareTo getItem()
+	{
+		return item;
+	}
+
+	public ObjectWithCompareTo setItem(final ObjectWithCompareTo item)
+	{
+		this.item = item;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+    public int compareTo(ObjectWithCompareTo objectWithCompareTo) {
+        return this.key.compareTo(objectWithCompareTo.key);
+    }
+}

src/test/java/de/danielbechler/diff/mock/ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Daniel Bechler
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package de.danielbechler.diff.mock;
+
+/** @author Daniel Bechler */
+@SuppressWarnings({
+		"UnusedDeclaration"
+})
+public class ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo implements Comparable<ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo>
+{
+	private String value;
+
+	public ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo()
+	{
+	}
+
+	public ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo(final String value)
+	{
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+
+	public String getValue()
+	{
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	public void setValue(final String value)
+	{
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+
+    public int compareTo(ObjectWithStringAndCompareTo objectWithStringAndCompareTo) {
+        return this.value.compareTo(objectWithStringAndCompareTo.value);
+    }
+}