Since Java 7 you can use the static method Objects.equals(Object, Object) to perform equals checks on two objects without caring about them being null.

If both objects are null it will return true, if one is null and another isn't it will return false. Otherwise it will return the result of calling equals on the first object with the second as argument.

Since Java 7 you can use the static method java.util.Objects.equals(Object, Object) to perform equals checks on two objects without caring about them being null.

If both objects are null it will return true, if one is null and another isn't it will return false. Otherwise it will return the result of calling equals on the first object with the second as argument.

If you use Java 7 you can use the static method Objects.equals(Object, Object) to perform equals checks on two objects without caring about them being null. If both objects are null it will return true, if one is null and another isn't it will return false. Otherwise it will return the result of calling equals on the first object with the second as argument

Since Java 7 you can use the static method Objects.equals(Object, Object) to perform equals checks on two objects without caring about them being null. 

If both objects are null it will return true, if one is null and another isn't it will return false. Otherwise it will return the result of calling equals on the first object with the second as argument.