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Server-side fix for caosdb-webui#266 (closed)

Missing implementations for Value.equals(Value) for many cases made the server detect an update of properties (and hence users required certain permissions) where no update was actually happening.

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src/main/java/org/caosdb/datetime/FragmentDateTime.java

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
  */
 package org.caosdb.datetime;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import org.caosdb.server.datatype.Value;
 
 public abstract class FragmentDateTime implements DateTimeInterface {
 
@@ -53,4 +55,13 @@ public abstract class FragmentDateTime implements DateTimeInterface {
     this.nanosecond = nanosecond;
     this.timeZone = tz;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Value val) {
+    if (val instanceof FragmentDateTime) {
+      FragmentDateTime that = (FragmentDateTime) val;
+      return Objects.equals(that.toDatabaseString(), this.toDatabaseString());
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
 }