import « equal method « Java Class Q&A

1. Why can't I "static import" an "equals" method in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I like using this method here:

org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils.equals(Object object1, Object object2)

The only drawback (compared to Google Guava, for instance), is that I cannot static import the method. I.e. this is useless:

import static org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils.equals;

... ...