Java Object Compare areEqual(Object one, Object another)

Description

Return true if one is equal to another.

License

BSD License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
one	a parameter
another	a parameter

Return

true if one is equal to another.

Declaration

public static final boolean areEqual(Object one, Object another) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*L/*from  w  ww .  j  av a  2s. c om*/
 * Copyright SAIC, SAIC-Frederick.
 *
 * Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.
 * See http://ncip.github.com/caadapter/LICENSE.txt for details.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
    * Return true if one is equal to another.
    * @param one
    * @param another
    * @return true if one is equal to another.
    */
    public static final boolean areEqual(Object one, Object another) {
        boolean result = (one == null ? another == null : one.equals(another));
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Return true if one is equal to another.
     * @param one
     * @param another
     * @param treatNullAndBlankStringEquals if true will treat null and blank string the same; otherwise, it will not.
     * @return true if one is equal to another.
     */
    public static final boolean areEqual(Object one, Object another, boolean treatNullAndBlankStringEquals) {
        boolean result = (one == null ? another == null : one.equals(another));
        if (!result && treatNullAndBlankStringEquals) {
            String oneStr = one == null ? "" : one.toString();
            String anotherStr = another == null ? "" : another.toString();
            result = isBlank(oneStr) && isBlank(anotherStr);
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Null string or blank string is considered as blank
     * @param s
     * @return true if blank
     */
    public static final boolean isBlank(String s) {
        return (s == null) || (s.trim().length() == 0);
    }
}

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