Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2015 www.seleniumtests.com * 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 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Checks if both the Object arguments are equal (including if they are null) */ public static boolean areNullorEqual(Object obj1, Object obj2, boolean ignoreWhitespace, boolean ignoreCase) { // if both are null, they are equal if ((obj1 == null) && (obj2 == null)) return true; // if either one of them is null, they are not equal if ((obj1 == null) || (obj2 == null)) return false; // if they are String type if ((obj1 instanceof String) && (obj2 instanceof String)) { if (ignoreWhitespace) { if (ignoreCase) return ((String) obj1).trim().equalsIgnoreCase(((String) obj2).trim()); else return ((String) obj1).trim().equals(((String) obj2).trim()); } else { if (ignoreCase) return ((String) obj1).equalsIgnoreCase((String) obj2); else return obj1.equals(obj2); } } return (obj1.equals(obj2)); } }