org.eclipse.xtend.backend.common
Class Helpers

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.xtend.backend.common.Helpers

public class Helpers
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains commonly used helper operations.

Author:

Arno Haase (http://www.haase-consulting.com), André Arnold

Field Summary

static QualifiedName	EQUALS_NAME
static QualifiedName	TO_STRING_METHOD_NAME

Constructor Summary

Helpers()

Method Summary

static boolean	nullSafeEquals(ExecutionContext ctx, java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)
static java.lang.CharSequence	overridableToString(ExecutionContext ctx, java.lang.Object o) This method is public static so as to be available as a helper method for all code that needs to call "toString".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TO_STRING_METHOD_NAME

public static QualifiedName TO_STRING_METHOD_NAME

EQUALS_NAME

public static QualifiedName EQUALS_NAME

Constructor Detail

Helpers

public Helpers()

Method Detail

overridableToString

public static java.lang.CharSequence overridableToString(ExecutionContext ctx,
                                                         java.lang.Object o)

This method is public static so as to be available as a helper method for all code that needs to call "toString". It calls "toString" on an object, taking into account all potential overriding extensions.

nullSafeEquals

public static boolean nullSafeEquals(ExecutionContext ctx,
                                     java.lang.Object o1,
                                     java.lang.Object o2)