org.qedeq.base.utility
Class EqualsUtility

java.lang.Object
  org.qedeq.base.utility.EqualsUtility

public final class EqualsUtility
extends java.lang.Object

A collection of useful static methods for equality.

Author:

Michael Meyling

Method Summary

static boolean	equals(byte[] a, byte[] b) Compare two objects, each of them could be null.
static boolean	equals(int[] a, int[] b) Compare two objects, each of them could be null.
static boolean	equals(java.lang.Object[] a, java.lang.Object[] b) Compare two objects, each of them could be null.
static boolean	equals(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Compare two objects, each of them could be null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

equals

public static boolean equals(java.lang.Object a,
                             java.lang.Object b)

Compare two objects, each of them could be null.

Parameters:

a - First parameter.

b - Second parameter.

Returns:

Are a and b equal?

equals

public static boolean equals(java.lang.Object[] a,
                             java.lang.Object[] b)

Compare two objects, each of them could be null.

Parameters:

a - First parameter.

b - Second parameter.

Returns:

Are a and b equal?

equals

public static boolean equals(byte[] a,
                             byte[] b)

Compare two objects, each of them could be null.

Parameters:

a - First parameter.

b - Second parameter.

Returns:

Are a and b equal?

equals

public static boolean equals(int[] a,
                             int[] b)

Compare two objects, each of them could be null.

Parameters:

a - First parameter.

b - Second parameter.

Returns:

Are a and b equal?