Java Utililty Methods List Equal

List of utility methods to do List Equal

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Description

The list of methods to do List Equal are organized into topic(s).

Method

booleanareEqual(final List list1, final List list2)
Returns whether lists are equal or not. 
if (list1 == null && list2 == null) {
    return true;
} else if ((list1 == null || list2 == null) && list1 != list2) {
    return false;
} else {
    if (list1.size() != list2.size()) {
        return false;
    } else {
...
booleanareEqual(List a, List b)
are Equal 
if (a == b) {
    return true;
if (a == null || b == null) {
    return false;
if (a.size() != b.size()) {
    return false;
...
booleanareEqual(List list1, List list2)
are Equal 
if (list1 == null)
    return list2 == null;
if (list2 == null)
    return false;
int size = list1.size();
if (size != list2.size()) {
    return false;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    if (list1.get(i) != list2.get(i)) {
        if (list1.get(i) == null || list2.get(i) == null) {
            return false;
        } else if (!list1.get(i).equals(list2.get(i))) {
            return false;
return true;
booleanareEqualConsideringOrder(List listA, List listB)
are Equal Considering Order 
return !areDifferentConsideringOrder(listA, listB);
booleanequal(List coll, List otherColl)
equal 
if (coll == null && otherColl == null)
    return true;
if (coll == null && otherColl != null && otherColl.size() < 1)
    return true;
if (coll != null && coll.size() < 1 && otherColl == null)
    return true;
if (coll != null && coll.size() > 0 && otherColl == null)
    return false;
...
booleanequal(List objects)
equals for a list of objects 
int size = objects.size();
if (size < 2) {
    return true;
Object object = objects.get(0);
for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
    if (!objects.get(i).equals(object)) {
        return false;
...
booleanequal(List v1, List v2)
equal 
return !v1.retainAll(v2);
booleanequalLists(List a, List b)
equal Lists 
return (a == null && b == null) || a.equals(b);
booleanequalLists(List aV1, List aV2)
compares two List instances. 
if ((aV1 == null) && (aV2 == null)) {
    return true;
else if ((aV1 != null) && (aV2 != null)) {
    if (aV1.size() != aV2.size()) {
        return false;
    Iterator v1Iter = aV1.iterator();
...
booleanequalLists(List list1, List list2)
equal Lists 
return (list1.containsAll(list2) && list2.containsAll(list1));