have you tried: collection1.equals(collection2)
I think, that was it. regards, Christoph Gaffga [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Crafter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.user Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:54 PM Subject: Comparing 2 lists via contents? > Hi All, > > Hope all is going well. > > I'm looking for a particular method in List or Collection Utils but > can't find it, must be going blind! ;) > > I've got 2 lists, containing objects that are equal by value but not > equal by reference (ie. a.equals(b) is true, but a == b is false). > > CollectionUtils.isEqualsCollection(Collection, Collection) seems to work > by comparing whether the objects are equal by reference, ie. whether a > == b is true. > > Is there something similar for comparing the contents of 2 lists by > value, perhaps somewhere that I've missed? > > Cheers, > > Marcus > > > > -- > ..... > ,,$$$$$$$$$, Marcus Crafter > ;$' '$$$$: Computer Systems Engineer > $: $$$$: ManageSoft Corporation > $ o_)$$$: Frankfurt am Main, Germany > ;$, _/\ &&:' > ' /( &&& > \_&&&&' > &&&&. > &&&&&&&: --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
