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Interface ContentComparator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CIFSContentComparator

public interface ContentComparator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isContentEqual(ContentReader existingContent, File file) Are the two content items equal?

Method Detail

isContentEqual

boolean isContentEqual(ContentReader existingContent,
                       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 -

file - file

Returns:

true content is equal, false content is different.