Java Object Equal objectsEqual(Object lhs, Object rhs)

Description

Compare two objects in a null-safe manner.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
lhs	The first object to compare.
rhs	The second object to compare.

Return

true is both objects are null or lhs.equals(rhs), otherwise false.

Declaration

public static boolean objectsEqual(Object lhs, Object rhs) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*************************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2013 James Talbut.
 *  jim-emitters@spudsoft.co.uk//  w  w w .  j av a 2  s  .c  o m
 *  
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     James Talbut - Initial implementation.
 ************************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Compare two objects in a null-safe manner.
     * @param lhs
     * The first object to compare.
     * @param rhs
     * The second object to compare.
     * @return
     * true is both objects are null or lhs.equals(rhs), otherwise false.
     */
    public static boolean objectsEqual(Object lhs, Object rhs) {
        return (lhs == null) ? (rhs == null) : lhs.equals(rhs);
    }
}

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