Compare two objects with a check for null

Question

Is there a method in the JDK that compares two objects for equality, accounting for nulls? Something like this:

public static boolean equals(Object o1, Obje         


        

Answer 1

FWIW, this was my implementation:

private static boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
    return a == b || (a != null && a.equals(b));
}

In my application, I know that a and b will always be the same type, but I suspect this works fine even if they aren't, provided that a.equals() is reasonably implemented.