From 65109f87fe78a3f870a2322c158e014e17a7abb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Roland=20H=C3=A4der?= <roland@mxchange.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 02:07:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Continued: - added utitlities class BasicDataUtils - updated
 commons-lang3 to 3.7
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Signed-off-by: Roland Häder <roland@mxchange.org>
---
 lib/nblibraries.properties                    |  4 +-
 .../model/basicdata/BasicDataUtils.java       | 67 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/org/mxchange/jcontactsbusiness/model/basicdata/BasicDataUtils.java

diff --git a/lib/nblibraries.properties b/lib/nblibraries.properties
index 679f576..6d2e94d 100644
--- a/lib/nblibraries.properties
+++ b/lib/nblibraries.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 libs.commons-lang3.classpath=\
-    ${base}/commons-lang3/commons-lang3-3.5.jar
-libs.commons-lang3.displayName=Commons Lang3 3.5
+    ${base}/commons-lang3/commons-lang3-3.7.jar
+libs.commons-lang3.displayName=Commons Lang3 3.7
 libs.commons-lang3.javadoc=\
     https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-release/
 libs.CopyLibs.classpath=\
diff --git a/src/org/mxchange/jcontactsbusiness/model/basicdata/BasicDataUtils.java b/src/org/mxchange/jcontactsbusiness/model/basicdata/BasicDataUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..603f0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/mxchange/jcontactsbusiness/model/basicdata/BasicDataUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.mxchange.jcontactsbusiness.model.basicdata;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * An utilities class for basic company data
+ * <p>
+ * @author Roland Häder<roland@mxchange.org>
+ */
+public class BasicDataUtils implements Serializable {
+
+	/**
+	 * Serial number
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 159_847_673_672_091L;
+
+	/**
+	 * Compares both basic company data instances. This method returns -1 if
+	 * second instance is null.
+	 * <p>
+	 * @param basicData1 Basic company data instance 1
+	 * @param basicData2 Basic company data instance 2
+	 * <p>
+	 * @return Comparison value
+	 */
+	public static int compare (final BasicData basicData1, final BasicData basicData2) {
+		// Check euqality, then at least first must be given
+		if (Objects.equals(basicData1, basicData2)) {
+			// Both are same
+			return 0;
+		} else if (null == basicData1) {
+			// First is null
+			return -1;
+		} else if (null == basicData2) {
+			// Second is null
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		// Invoke compareTo() method
+		return basicData1.compareTo(basicData2);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Utility classes should not have instances
+	 */
+	private BasicDataUtils () {
+		// Private constructor
+	}
+
+}
-- 
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