[Biojava-l] comparison for exact sequence match

[Schreiber, Mark]

Hi -

The following would be the prescribed way to test for an exact match:

    public static boolean compareSymbolLists(SymbolList sl1,
					     SymbolList sl2)
    {
	if (sl1.length() != sl2.length()) {
	    return false;
	}
	
	Iterator si1 = sl1.iterator();
	Iterator si2 = sl2.iterator();
	while (si1.hasNext()) {
	    if (! (si1.next() == si2.next())) {
		return false;
	    }
	}

	return true;
    }


Interestingly the equals() method of AbstractSymbolList has never been
overridden (to my knowledge) and cannot be used. I can't see anyreason
why it couldn't be overridden as long as the hashCode() method is
overridden.

I don't see any reason why your toList() workaround should't work. Give
it a try and let us know.

- Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: david.jackson@arrowt.co.uk [mailto:david.jackson@arrowt.co.uk] 
> Sent: Monday, 8 July 2002 7:46 p.m.
> To: biojava-l@biojava.org
> Subject: [Biojava-l] comparison for exact sequence match
> 
> 
> Hi - is the best way to compare two SymbolList objects
> to see if they represent the same sequence,
> 	mySL1.toList().equals(mySL2.toList())
> 
> (so if I want to use a sequence as a key in a Map I could
> use the SymbolList.toList() )?
> 
> thanks,
> david
> 
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