Test the equality of two object arrays
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
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public class Main {
/**
* Test the equality of two object arrays.
*
* @param a The first array.
* @param b The second array.
* @param deep True to traverse elements which are arrays.
* @return True if arrays are equal.
*/
public static boolean equals(final Object[] a, final Object[] b,
final boolean deep)
{
if (a == b) return true;
if (a == null || b == null) return false;
if (a.length != b.length) return false;
for (int i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
Object x = a[i];
Object y = b[i];
if (x != y) return false;
if (x == null || y == null) return false;
if (deep) {
if (x instanceof Object[] && y instanceof Object[]) {
if (! equals((Object[])x, (Object[])y, true)) return false;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
if (! x.equals(y)) return false;
}
return true;
}
/**
* Test the equality of two object arrays.
*
* @param a The first array.
* @param b The second array.
* @return True if arrays are equal.
*/
public static boolean equals(final Object[] a, final Object[] b) {
return equals(a, b, true);
}
}
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