Returns true if all the references in array1 are equal to all the references in array2 (two null references are considered equal for this test).

      

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public class Main {

  /**
   * Returns <code>true</code> if all the references in <code>array1</code>
   * are equal to all the references in <code>array2</code> (two
   * <code>null</code> references are considered equal for this test).
   *
   * @param array1  the first array (<code>null</code> permitted).
   * @param array2  the second array (<code>null</code> permitted).
   *
   * @return A boolean.
   */
  public static boolean equalReferencesInArrays(final Object[] array1,
                                                final Object[] array2) {
      if (array1 == null) {
          return (array2 == null);
      }
      if (array2 == null) {
          return false;
      }
      if (array1.length != array2.length) {
          return false;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {
          if (array1[i] == null) {
              if (array2[i] != null) {
                  return false;
              }
          }
          if (array2[i] == null) {
              if (array1[i] != null) {
                  return false;
              }
          }
          if (array1[i] != array2[i]) {
              return false;
          }
      }
      return true;
  }

}

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