HSLF objects - .equals() method is not implemented

[Giovanni cto <gi...@wonderflow.co>]

When you want to compare 2 ppt files, for example, it is not so easy to do it.
The reason is because:

1. comparing bytes is not a safe approach.

The ppt file could contain some custom metadata e.g. creation time of the file.
These metadata makes impossibile to compare 2 files by related bytes.

2. comparing slides (shapes) is not supported

Slide or Shape object do not have equals() method implemented

What do you suggest to compare 2 files



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Re: HSLF objects - .equals() method is not implemented

[kiwiwings <ki...@apache.org>]

Hi Giovanni,

tell me a bit more about your use-case.

At what level do you want to compare slideshows?
(text, position, color, escher properties, xml metadata ...)

I guess whatever equals() would like, wouldn't satisfy your needs.
e.g. if equals() compares that both shapes are on the same slide of same
slideshow -> wouldn't work for you

Andi



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