Added SharedUtil for helpers shared by client and server

Change-Id: Ie289e8eefd962631a43f35dbb47fa192fcf60abf

client/src/com/vaadin/client/Util.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import com.vaadin.shared.AbstractComponentState;
 import com.vaadin.shared.ApplicationConstants;
 import com.vaadin.shared.communication.MethodInvocation;
 import com.vaadin.shared.ui.ComponentStateUtil;
+import com.vaadin.shared.util.SharedUtil;
 
 public class Util {
 
@@ -550,12 +551,21 @@ public class Util {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if a and b are equals using {@link #equals(Object)}. Handles null
+     * values as well. Does not ensure that objects are of the same type.
+     * Assumes that the first object's equals method handle equals properly.
+     * 
+     * @param a
+     *            The first value to compare
+     * @param b
+     *            The second value to compare
+     * @return
+     * @deprecated As of 7.1 use {@link SharedUtil#equals(Object)} instead
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
-        if (a == null) {
-            return b == null;
-        }
-
-        return a.equals(b);
+        return SharedUtil.equals(a, b);
     }
 
     public static void updateRelativeChildrenAndSendSizeUpdateEvent(

server/src/com/vaadin/ui/AbstractField.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import com.vaadin.server.AbstractErrorMessage;
 import com.vaadin.server.CompositeErrorMessage;
 import com.vaadin.server.ErrorMessage;
 import com.vaadin.shared.AbstractFieldState;
+import com.vaadin.shared.util.SharedUtil;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
             throws Property.ReadOnlyException, Converter.ConversionException,
             InvalidValueException {
 
-        if (!equals(newFieldValue, getInternalValue())) {
+        if (!SharedUtil.equals(newFieldValue, getInternalValue())) {
 
             // Read only fields can not be changed
             if (isReadOnly()) {
@@ -435,7 +436,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
             }
             try {
                 T doubleConvertedFieldValue = convertFromModel(convertToModel(newFieldValue));
-                if (!equals(newFieldValue, doubleConvertedFieldValue)) {
+                if (!SharedUtil
+                        .equals(newFieldValue, doubleConvertedFieldValue)) {
                     newFieldValue = doubleConvertedFieldValue;
                     repaintIsNotNeeded = false;
                 }
@@ -512,11 +514,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
         }
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
     static boolean equals(Object value1, Object value2) {
-        if (value1 == null) {
-            return value2 == null;
-        }
-        return value1.equals(value2);
+        return SharedUtil.equals(value1, value2);
     }
 
     /* External data source */
@@ -1204,8 +1204,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
     public void valueChange(Property.ValueChangeEvent event) {
         if (!isBuffered()) {
             if (committingValueToDataSource) {
-                boolean propertyNotifiesOfTheBufferedValue = equals(event
-                        .getProperty().getValue(), getInternalValue());
+                boolean propertyNotifiesOfTheBufferedValue = SharedUtil.equals(
+                        event.getProperty().getValue(), getInternalValue());
                 if (!propertyNotifiesOfTheBufferedValue) {
                     /*
                      * Property (or chained property like PropertyFormatter) now
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
     }
 
     private void localeMightHaveChanged() {
-        if (!equals(valueLocale, getLocale())) {
+        if (!SharedUtil.equals(valueLocale, getLocale())) {
             // The locale HAS actually changed
 
             if (dataSource != null && !isModified()) {
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
                 // read from that we want to update the value
                 T newInternalValue = convertFromModel(getPropertyDataSource()
                         .getValue());
-                if (!equals(newInternalValue, getInternalValue())) {
+                if (!SharedUtil.equals(newInternalValue, getInternalValue())) {
                     setInternalValue(newInternalValue);
                     fireValueChange(false);
                 }
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
                 Object convertedValue = convertToModel(getInternalValue(),
                         valueLocale);
                 T newinternalValue = convertFromModel(convertedValue);
-                if (!equals(getInternalValue(), newinternalValue)) {
+                if (!SharedUtil.equals(getInternalValue(), newinternalValue)) {
                     setConvertedValue(convertedValue);
                 }
             }
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractComponent implements
             setModified(false);
 
             // If the new value differs from the previous one
-            if (!equals(newFieldValue, getInternalValue())) {
+            if (!SharedUtil.equals(newFieldValue, getInternalValue())) {
                 setInternalValue(newFieldValue);
                 fireValueChange(false);
             } else if (wasModified) {

server/src/com/vaadin/ui/Label.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.vaadin.data.util.converter.Converter;
 import com.vaadin.data.util.converter.ConverterUtil;
 import com.vaadin.shared.ui.label.ContentMode;
 import com.vaadin.shared.ui.label.LabelState;
+import com.vaadin.shared.util.SharedUtil;
 
 /**
  * Label component for showing non-editable short texts.
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ public class Label extends AbstractComponent implements Property<String>,
     private void updateValueFromDataSource() {
         // Update the internal value from the data source
         String newConvertedValue = getDataSourceValue();
-        if (!AbstractField.equals(newConvertedValue, getState().text)) {
+        if (!SharedUtil.equals(newConvertedValue, getState().text)) {
             getState().text = newConvertedValue;
             fireValueChange();
         }

shared/src/com/vaadin/shared/util/SharedUtil.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 Vaadin Ltd.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package com.vaadin.shared.util;
+
+/**
+ * Misc internal utility methods used by both the server and the client package.
+ * 
+ * @author Vaadin Ltd
+ * @since 7.1
+ * 
+ */
+public class SharedUtil {
+    /**
+     * Checks if a and b are equals using {@link #equals(Object)}. Handles null
+     * values as well. Does not ensure that objects are of the same type.
+     * Assumes that the first object's equals method handle equals properly.
+     * 
+     * @param o1
+     *            The first value to compare
+     * @param o2
+     *            The second value to compare
+     * @return true if the objects are equal, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean equals(Object o1, Object o2) {
+        if (o1 == null) {
+            return o2 == null;
+        }
+
+        return o1.equals(o2);
+    }
+
+}