Is there a simpler way to check multiple values against one value in an if-statement?

Question

Basically, what I want to do is check two integers against a given value, therefore, classically what you would do is something like this:

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Answer 1

There is no special syntax for that. You could make a function for that. Assuming at least Java 1.5:

public  boolean eitherOneEquals(T o1, T o2, T expectedValue) {
  return o1.equals(expectedValue) || o2.equals(expectedValue);
}

if(eitherOneEquals(o1, o2, expectedValue)) {
   // do something...
}