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Compares two Strings, returning true if they are equal.

      


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/**
 * <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.</p>

 *
 * @see java.lang.String
 * @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
 * @author Daniel L. Rall
 * @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
 * @author Holger Krauth
 * @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author Phil Steitz
 * @author Al Chou
 * @author Michael Davey
 * @author Reuben Sivan
 * @author Chris Hyzer
 * @author Scott Johnson
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  // Equals
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * <p>Compares two Strings, returning <code>true</code> if they are equal.</p>
   *
   * <p><code>null</code>s are handled without exceptions. Two <code>null</code>
   * references are considered to be equal. The comparison is case sensitive.</p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.equals(null, null)   = true
   * StringUtils.equals(null, "abc")  = false
   * StringUtils.equals("abc", null)  = false
   * StringUtils.equals("abc", "abc") = true
   * StringUtils.equals("abc", "ABC") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * @see java.lang.String#equals(Object)
   * @param str1  the first String, may be null
   * @param str2  the second String, may be null
   * @return <code>true</code> if the Strings are equal, case sensitive, or
   *  both <code>null</code>
   */
  public static boolean equals(String str1, String str2) {
      return str1 == null ? str2 == null : str1.equals(str2);
  }

}








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