Objects

java.lang.Object

com.jgoodies.common.base.Objects

public final class Objects extends Object

Provides static methods that operate on objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier

Constructor

Description

private

Objects()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static <T extends Serializable> T

deepCopy(T original)

Provides a means to copy objects that do not implement Cloneable.

static boolean

equals(Object o1, Object o2)

Checks and answers if the two objects are both null or equal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- Objects
  
  private Objects()
Method Details
- deepCopy
  
  public static <T extends Serializable> T deepCopy(T original)
  
  Provides a means to copy objects that do not implement Cloneable. Performs a deep copy where the copied object has no references to the original object for any object that implements Serializable. If the original is null, this method just returns null.
  
  Type Parameters:
  
  T - the type of the object to be cloned
  
  Parameters:
  
  original - the object to copied, may be null
  
  Returns:
  
  the copied object
  
  Since:
  
  1.1.1
- equals
  
  public static boolean equals(Object o1, Object o2)
  Checks and answers if the two objects are both null or equal.
  Objects.equals(null, null) == true Objects.equals("Hi", "Hi") == true Objects.equals("Hi", null) == false Objects.equals(null, "Hi") == false Objects.equals("Hi", "Ho") == false
  Parameters:
  
  o1 - the first object to compare
  
  o2 - the second object to compare
  
  Returns:
  
  boolean true if and only if both objects are null or equal according to equals invoked on the first object