From 09c6a9e2bce109e5137699bfd358f1e2b6b3e364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Schmaus <flo@geekplace.eu>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 12:37:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Objects.equals(Object, Object)

---
 .../src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/Objects.java  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/Objects.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/Objects.java
index a48696c60..26d0bbe85 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/Objects.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/Objects.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  *
- * Copyright 2015 Florian Schmaus
+ * Copyright 2015-2018 Florian Schmaus
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@ public class Objects {
     public static <T> T requireNonNull(T obj) {
         return requireNonNull(obj, null);
     }
+
+    public static boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
+        return a == b || (a != null && a.equals(b));
+    }
 }