Java Object Compare equivalent(Object thisObj, Object thatObj)

Description

equivalent

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
thisObj	an object being compared (may be <code>null</code>)
thatObj	the other object being compared (may be <code>null</code>)

Return

true if both objects are null or both are not null and equal

Declaration

public static boolean equivalent(Object thisObj, Object thatObj) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  ww.j  av  a  2  s  .  c o  m
 * ModeShape (http://www.modeshape.org)
 * See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  Some portions may be licensed
 * to Red Hat, Inc. under one or more contributor license agreements.
 * See the AUTHORS.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of 
 * individual contributors.
 *
 * ModeShape is free software. Unless otherwise indicated, all code in ModeShape
 * is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * ModeShape is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param thisObj an object being compared (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @param thatObj the other object being compared (may be <code>null</code>)
     * @return <code>true</code> if both objects are <code>null</code> or both are not <code>null</code> and equal
     */
    public static boolean equivalent(Object thisObj, Object thatObj) {
        // true if both objects are null
        if (thisObj == null) {
            return (thatObj == null);
        }

        if (thatObj == null)
            return false;
        return thisObj.equals(thatObj);
    }
}

Related

1. areEquals(final Object o1, final Object o2)
2. areEquals(Object a, Object b)
3. areEquals(Object arg0, Object arg1)
4. areEquals(Object... objs)
5. areEqualsDirect(Object bean, Object other, Object... properties)