How to use

compare

method

in

org.pentaho.di.job.JobMeta

/**
 * Compares this job's meta-data to the specified job's meta-data. This method simply calls compare(this, o)
 *
 * @param o the o
 * @return the int
 * @see #compare(JobMeta, JobMeta)
 * @see java.lang.Comparable#compareTo(java.lang.Object)
 */
public int compareTo( JobMeta o ) {
 return compare( this, o );
}

/**
 * Checks whether this job's meta-data object is equal to the specified object. If the specified object is not an
 * instance of JobMeta, false is returned. Otherwise the method returns whether a call to compare() indicates equality
 * (i.e. compare(this, (JobMeta)obj)==0).
 *
 * @param obj the obj
 * @return true, if successful
 * @see #compare(JobMeta, JobMeta)
 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
 */
public boolean equals( Object obj ) {
 if ( !( obj instanceof JobMeta ) ) {
  return false;
 }
 return compare( this, (JobMeta) obj ) == 0;
}