How to compare two noderefs in alfresco javascript

Question

I am have two noderefs in alfresco javascript file which i am trying to compare as below.

if(personRef == userAsscNodeRef){
    do something
}else{
    do something else
}

It seems to be syntactically correct but always going to else part. I tried with strict equal i.e. === as well as adding .toString() to both noderefs but still same result.

How can it be possible?

Regards.

Answer 1

Assuming this is repo tier Javascript, you are really dealing with Java NodeRef objects and == behaves like it does in Java and compares identity. You want to compare equivalence, so use personRef.equals(userAssocNodeRef). Yes, pretty unexpected behavior. Beware of Strings and Date objects as well.

Answer 2

Use String():

if(String(personRef) == String(userAsscNodeRef)){
    do something
}else{
    do something else
}