/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.android.internal.util;
import java.util.Arrays;
/**
* Object utility methods.
*/
public class Objects {
/**
* Determines whether two possibly-null objects are equal. Returns:
*
* <ul>
* <li>{@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both null.
* <li>{@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both non-null and they are
* equal according to {@link Object#equals(Object)}.
* <li>{@code false} in all other situations.
* </ul>
*
* <p>This assumes that any non-null objects passed to this function conform
* to the {@code equals()} contract.
*/
public static boolean equal(Object a, Object b) {
return a == b || (a != null && a.equals(b));
}
/**
* Generates a hash code for multiple values. The hash code is generated by
* calling {@link Arrays#hashCode(Object[])}.
*
* <p>This is useful for implementing {@link Object#hashCode()}. For example,
* in an object that has three properties, {@code x}, {@code y}, and
* {@code z}, one could write:
* <pre>
* public int hashCode() {
* return Objects.hashCode(getX(), getY(), getZ());
* }</pre>
*
* <b>Warning</b>: When a single object is supplied, the returned hash code
* does not equal the hash code of that object.
*/
public static int hashCode(Object... objects) {
return Arrays.hashCode(objects);
}
}