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package com.nytimes.android.external.cache;
/**
* Helper functions that can operate on any {@code Object}.
*
* See the Guava User Guide on writing
* {@code Object} methods with {@code Objects}.
*
* @author Laurence Gonsalves
* @since 2.0
*/
public final class Objects {
private Objects() {}
/**
* Determines whether two possibly-null objects are equal. Returns:
*
*
* - {@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both null.
*
- {@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both non-null and they are
* equal according to {@link Object#equals(Object)}.
*
- {@code false} in all other situations.
*
*
* This assumes that any non-null objects passed to this function conform
* to the {@code equals()} contract.
*
*
Note for Java 7 and later: This method should be treated as
* deprecated; use {@link java.util.Objects#equals} instead.
*/
public static boolean equal(Object a, Object b) {
return a == b || (a != null && a.equals(b));
}
}