Java Object Compare areEqual(Object first, Object second)

Description

Compares two objects.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
first	first of compared objects.
second	second of compared objects

Return

true if objects are equal, false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean areEqual(Object first, Object second) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w  w w .j  a v  a 2s.  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2015 Pozna? Supercomputing and Networking Center
 *
 * Licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3.0 (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.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
 *
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Compares two objects.
     * 
     * @param first
     *            first of compared objects.
     * @param second
     *            second of compared objects
     * @return <code>true</code> if objects are equal, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean areEqual(Object first, Object second) {
        if (first == second) {
            return true;
        } else {
            if (first != null && second != null) {
                return first.equals(second);
            }
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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