CollectionDataType.java

package com.revolsys.datatype;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import com.revolsys.collection.list.Lists;

public class CollectionDataType extends SimpleDataType {

  private final DataType contentType;

  public CollectionDataType(final String name, final Class<?> javaClass,
    final DataType contentType) {
    super(name, javaClass);
    this.contentType = contentType;
  }

  @Override
  protected boolean equalsNotNull(final Object value1, final Object value2) {
    if (this == DataTypes.LIST) {
      return Lists.equalsNotNull((List<?>)value1, (List<?>)value2);
    } else {
      return super.equalsNotNull(value1, value2);
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected boolean equalsNotNull(final Object value1, final Object value2,
    final Collection<? extends CharSequence> excludeFieldNames) {
    if (this == DataTypes.LIST) {
      return Lists.equalsNotNull((List<?>)value1, (List<?>)value2, excludeFieldNames);
    } else {
      return super.equalsNotNull(value1, value2, excludeFieldNames);
    }
  }

  public DataType getContentType() {
    return this.contentType;
  }
}