From 40852862e664d7a2ca7296fa1f38131e280fffc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeanette Clark <jclark@nceas.ucsb.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 12:58:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix logic to make sure metadata pid isn't included with data
 pids

---
 src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java b/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java
index 9583f2e5..060abbf4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public ArrayList<String> findDataPids(NodeReference nodeId, String identifier) t
 			for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
 				Element element = (Element) nodeList.item(i);
 				if ("id".equals(element.getAttribute("name"))) {
-					if (element.getTextContent() != identifier) {
+					if (!element.getTextContent().equals(identifier)) {
 						dataObjects.add(element.getTextContent());
 					}
 				}