Compare two Byte Arrays? (Java)

Question

I have a byte array with a ~known binary sequence in it. I need to confirm that the binary sequence is what it\'s supposed to be. I have tried .equals in additi

Answer 1

Of course, the accepted answer of Arrays.equal( byte[] first, byte[] second ) is correct. I like to work at a lower level, but I was unable to find a low level efficient function to perform equality test ranges. I had to whip up my own, if anyone needs it:

public static boolean ArraysAreEquals(
 byte[] first,
 int firstOffset,
 int firstLength,
 byte[] second,
 int secondOffset,
 int secondLength
) {
    if( firstLength != secondLength ) {
        return false;
    }

    for( int index = 0; index < firstLength; ++index ) {
        if( first[firstOffset+index] != second[secondOffset+index]) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    return true;
}