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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.util;
+
+/**
+ * This class consists of {@code static} utility methods for operating
+ * on objects.  These utilities include {@code null}-safe or {@code
+ * null}-tolerant methods for computing the hash code of an object,
+ * returning a string for an object, and comparing two objects.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+public class Objects {
+    private Objects() {
+        throw new AssertionError("No java.util.Objects instances for you!");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if the arguments are equal to each other
+     * and {@code false} otherwise.
+     * Consequently, if both arguments are {@code null}, {@code true}
+     * is returned and if exactly one argument is {@code null}, {@code
+     * false} is returned.  Otherwise, equality is determined by using
+     * the {@link Object#equals equals} method of the first
+     * argument.
+     *
+     * @param a an object
+     * @param b an object to be compared with {@code a} for equality
+     * @return {@code true} if the arguments are equal to each other
+     * and {@code false} otherwise
+     * @see Object#equals(Object)
+     */
+    public static boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
+        return (a == b) || (a != null && a.equals(b));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the hash code of a non-{@code null} argument and 0 for
+     * a {@code null} argument.
+     *
+     * @param o an object
+     * @return the hash code of a non-{@code null} argument and 0 for
+     * a {@code null} argument
+     * @see Object#hashCode
+     */
+    public static int hashCode(Object o) {
+        return o != null ? o.hashCode() : 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the result of calling {@code toString} for a non-{@code
+     * null} argument and {@code "null"} for a {@code null} argument.
+     *
+     * @param o an object
+     * @return the result of calling {@code toString} for a non-{@code
+     * null} argument and {@code "null"} for a {@code null} argument
+     * @see Object#toString
+     * @see String#valueOf(Object)
+     */
+    public static String toString(Object o) {
+        return String.valueOf(o);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns 0 if the arguments are identical and {@code
+     * c.compare(a, b)} otherwise.
+     * Consequently, if both arguments are {@code null} 0
+     * is returned.
+     *
+     * <p>Note that if one of the arguments is {@code null}, a {@code
+     * NullPointerException} may or may not be thrown depending on
+     * what ordering policy, if any, the {@link Comparator Comparator}
+     * chooses to have for {@code null} values.
+     *
+     * @param <T> the type of the objects being compared
+     * @param a an object
+     * @param b an object to be compared with {@code a}
+     * @param c the {@code Comparator} to compare the first two arguments
+     * @return 0 if the arguments are identical and {@code
+     * c.compare(a, b)} otherwise.
+     * @see Comparable
+     * @see Comparator
+     */
+    public static <T> int compare(T a, T b, Comparator<? super T> c) {
+        return (a == b) ? 0 :  c.compare(a, b);
+    }
+}