j.u.Objects follow-up: deepEquals(Object, Object)? (original) (raw)

Joseph D. Darcy Joe.Darcy at Sun.COM
Mon Oct 12 17:40:24 UTC 2009


Joshua Bloch wrote:

I don't think method really pays for itself. If it belongs anywhere, it belongs in java.util.Arrays.

Josh

I think there is room in the platform for this functionality. Even if this is mostly used in tests, code used in tests is code too :-)

I think Objects is a better home for deepEquals(Object, Object) than Arrays since the arguments are not arrays and since it is a sibling method to equals(Object, Object).

-Joe



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