001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
003     *
004     * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Liferay Enterprise
005     * Subscription License ("License"). You may not use this file except in
006     * compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the License by
007     * contacting Liferay, Inc. See the License for the specific language governing
008     * permissions and limitations under the License, including but not limited to
009     * distribution rights of the Software.
010     *
011     *
012     *
013     */
014    
015    package com.liferay.portal.dao.orm.hibernate;
016    
017    import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.StringPool;
018    
019    /**
020     * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
021     */
022    public class StringType extends org.hibernate.type.StringType {
023    
024            public boolean isEqual(Object x, Object y) {
025                    boolean equal = super.isEqual(x, y);
026    
027                    if (!equal) {
028                            if (((x == null) || x.equals(StringPool.BLANK)) &&
029                                    ((y == null) || y.equals(StringPool.BLANK))) {
030    
031                                    equal = true;
032                            }
033                            else {
034                                    equal = false;
035                            }
036                    }
037    
038                    return equal;
039            }
040    
041    }