Checks if the beginnings of two byte arrays are equal. - Android File Input Output

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Description

Checks if the beginnings of two byte arrays are equal.

Demo Code

/*/*from  w w  w . j a  v a 2s .com*/
 * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Checks if the beginnings of two byte arrays are equal.
     *
     * @param array1 the first byte array
     * @param array2 the second byte array
     * @param length the number of bytes to check
     * @return true if they're equal, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean equals(byte[] array1, byte[] array2, int length) {
        if (array1 == array2) {
            return true;
        }
        if (array1 == null || array2 == null || array1.length < length
                || array2.length < length) {
            return false;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            if (array1[i] != array2[i]) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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