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+package matchers
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "reflect"
+
+ "github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
+)
+
+type EqualMatcher struct {
+ Expected interface{}
+}
+
+func (matcher *EqualMatcher) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
+ if actual == nil && matcher.Expected == nil {
+ return false, fmt.Errorf("Refusing to compare <nil> to <nil>.\nBe explicit and use BeNil() instead. This is to avoid mistakes where both sides of an assertion are erroneously uninitialized.")
+ }
+ return reflect.DeepEqual(actual, matcher.Expected), nil
+}
+
+func (matcher *EqualMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+ actualString, actualOK := actual.(string)
+ expectedString, expectedOK := matcher.Expected.(string)
+ if actualOK && expectedOK {
+ return format.MessageWithDiff(actualString, "to equal", expectedString)
+ }
+
+ return format.Message(actual, "to equal", matcher.Expected)
+}
+
+func (matcher *EqualMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+ return format.Message(actual, "not to equal", matcher.Expected)
+}