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package org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.bean;

import org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapper;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

/**
 * An {@link AbstractBeanCondition} implementation that checks whether specific properties of the checked bean
 * have the same value.
 *
 * @author Uri Boness
 */
public class EqualPropertiesBeanCondition extends AbstractBeanCondition {

    private String[] propertyNames;

    /**
     * Constructs a new EqualPropertiesBeanCondition with a given list of names of the properties to be compared.
     *
     * @param propertyNames The name of the properties to be compared.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException when the given property names array contains zero or one names.
     */
    public EqualPropertiesBeanCondition(String[] propertyNames) {
        Assert.notNull(propertyNames, getClass().getName() + " cannot be initialized with null array of property names");
        Assert.notEmpty(propertyNames, getClass().getName() + " cannot be initialized with less then 2 property names");
        for (int i=0; itrue if all the compared properties are equal, false otherwise.
     */
    protected boolean checkBean(BeanWrapper bean) {
        Object value = bean.getPropertyValue(propertyNames[0]);
        for (int i=1; i