org.alfresco.filesys.repo
Interface ContentComparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CIFSContentComparator

public interface ContentComparator

Method Summary

boolean

isContentEqual(org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentReader existingContent, java.io.File file) Are the two content items equal?

Method Detail

isContentEqual

boolean isContentEqual(org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ContentReader existingContent,
                       java.io.File file)

Are the two content items equal?

For most cases a simple binary comparison is sufficient but some mimetypes trivial changes need to be discarded.

Parameters:

existingContent -

newFile -

Returns:

true content is equal, false content is different.