bundles/org.eclipse.wst.wsi/wsicore/org/eclipse/wst/wsi/internal/core/util/NullUtil.java

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package org.eclipse.wst.wsi.internal.core.util;

/**
 * The utility class to automate null checking.
 * 
 * @author Kulik
 */
public final class NullUtil
{
  /**
   * The method checks objects on existence and compare with <code>equals</code> method.
   * @param o1 first object.
   * @param o2 second object.
   * @return true if first object is equal to the second object.
   */
  public static boolean equals(Object o1, Object o2)
  {
    return ((o1 == null && o2 == null) || (o1 != null && o1.equals(o2)));
  }

  /**
   * The method checks object on existence and returns its string representation with <code>toString()</code> method.
   * @param o source object.
   * @return string representation of object.
   */
  public static String toString(Object o)
  {
    return (o == null) ? null : o.toString();
  }
}