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17  package org.apache.commons.functor.core;
18  
19  import java.io.Serializable;
20  
21  import org.apache.commons.functor.BinaryPredicate;
22  import org.apache.commons.functor.UnaryPredicate;
23  import org.apache.commons.functor.adapter.RightBoundPredicate;
24  
25  /**
26   * {@link #test Tests}
27   * <code>true</code> iff its arguments are
28   * not {@link Object#equals equal} or both
29   * <code>null</code>.
30   * <p>
31   * This relation is symmetric but irreflexive
32   * and not transitive.
33   * </p>
34   * @param <L> the left argument type.
35   * @param <R> the right argument type.
36   * @version $Revision: 1345136 $ $Date: 2012-06-01 09:47:06 -0300 (Fri, 01 Jun 2012) $
37   */
38  public final class IsNotEqual<L, R> implements BinaryPredicate<L, R>, Serializable {
39      // static attributes
40      // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
41      /**
42       * Basic IsNotEqual<Object, Object> instance.
43       */
44      public static final IsNotEqual<Object, Object> INSTANCE = IsNotEqual.<Object, Object>instance();
45      /**
46       * serialVersionUID declaration.
47       */
48      private static final long serialVersionUID = -7303588338955281317L;
49  
50      // constructor
51      // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
52      /**
53       * Create a new IsNotEqual.
54       */
55      public IsNotEqual() {
56      }
57  
58      // predicate interface
59      // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
60      /**
61       * {@inheritDoc}
62       */
63      public boolean test(L left, R right) {
64          return (null == left ? null != right : !left.equals(right));
65      }
66  
67      /**
68       * {@inheritDoc}
69       */
70      @Override
71      public boolean equals(Object that) {
72          return that instanceof IsNotEqual<?, ?>;
73      }
74  
75      /**
76       * {@inheritDoc}
77       */
78      @Override
79      public int hashCode() {
80          return "IsNotEqual".hashCode();
81      }
82  
83      /**
84       * {@inheritDoc}
85       */
86      @Override
87      public String toString() {
88          return "IsNotEqual";
89      }
90  
91      // static methods
92    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
93  
94      /**
95       * Get an IsNotEqual instance.
96       * @param <L> the left argument type.
97       * @param <R> the right argument type.
98       * @return IsNotEqual<L, R>
99       */
100     public static <L, R> IsNotEqual<L, R> instance() {
101         return new IsNotEqual<L, R>();
102     }
103 
104     /**
105      * Get an IsNotEqual UnaryPredicate.
106      * @param <L> the left argument type.
107      * @param <R> the right argument type.
108      * @param object bound comparison object
109      * @return UnaryPredicate<L>
110      */
111     public static <L, R> UnaryPredicate<L> to(R object) {
112         return new RightBoundPredicate<L>(new IsNotEqual<L, R>(), object);
113     }
114 }