Compares two Strings, returning true if they are equal.
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/**
* <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
* <code>null</code> safe.</p>
*
* @see java.lang.String
* @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
* @author Daniel L. Rall
* @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
* @author Holger Krauth
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
* @author Arun Mammen Thomas
* @author Gary Gregory
* @author Phil Steitz
* @author Al Chou
* @author Michael Davey
* @author Reuben Sivan
* @author Chris Hyzer
* @author Scott Johnson
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
// Equals
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Compares two Strings, returning <code>true</code> if they are equal.</p>
*
* <p><code>null</code>s are handled without exceptions. Two <code>null</code>
* references are considered to be equal. The comparison is case sensitive.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.equals(null, null) = true
* StringUtils.equals(null, "abc") = false
* StringUtils.equals("abc", null) = false
* StringUtils.equals("abc", "abc") = true
* StringUtils.equals("abc", "ABC") = false
* </pre>
*
* @see java.lang.String#equals(Object)
* @param str1 the first String, may be null
* @param str2 the second String, may be null
* @return <code>true</code> if the Strings are equal, case sensitive, or
* both <code>null</code>
*/
public static boolean equals(String str1, String str2) {
return str1 == null ? str2 == null : str1.equals(str2);
}
}
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