Guava – Objects Class

Objects class provides helper functions applicable to all objects
such as equals, hashCode, etc.

Class Declaration

Following is the declaration for
com.google.common.base.Objects class −

@GwtCompatible
public final class Objects
   extends Object

Class Methods

SR.NO	METHOD & DESCRIPTION
1	static boolean equal(Object a, Object b) Determines whether two possibly-null objects are equal.
2	static <T> T firstNonNull(T first, T second) Deprecated. Use MoreObjects.firstNonNull(T, T) instead. This method is scheduled for removal in June 2016.
3	static int hashCode(Object… objects) Generates a hash code for multiple values.
4	static Objects.ToStringHelper toStringHelper(Class<?> clazz) Deprecated. Use MoreObjects.toStringHelper(Class) instead. This method is scheduled for removal in June 2016
5	static Objects.ToStringHelper toStringHelper(Object self) Deprecated. Use MoreObjects.toStringHelper(Object) instead. This method is scheduled for removal in June 2016.
6	static Objects.ToStringHelper toStringHelper(String className) Deprecated. Use MoreObjects.toStringHelper(String) instead. This method is scheduled for removal in June 2016.

Methods Inherited

This class inherits methods from the following class −

• java.lang.Object

Example of Objects Class

Create the following java program using any editor of your choice
in say C:/> Guava.

GuavaTester.java

import com.google.common.base.Objects;

public class GuavaTester {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      Student s1 = new Student("Mahesh", "Parashar", 1, "VI");  
      Student s2 = new Student("Suresh", null, 3, null);        
          
      System.out.println(s1.equals(s2));
      System.out.println(s1.hashCode());        
      System.out.println(
         Objects.toStringHelper(s1)
         .add("Name",s1.getFirstName()+" " + s1.getLastName())
         .add("Class", s1.getClassName())
         .add("Roll No", s1.getRollNo())
         .toString());
   }
}

class Student {
   private String firstName;
   private String lastName;
   private int rollNo;
   private String className;

   public Student(String firstName, String lastName, int rollNo, String className) {
      this.firstName = firstName;
      this.lastName = lastName;
      this.rollNo = rollNo;
      this.className = className;               
   }

   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object object) {
      if(!(object instanceof Student) || object == null) {
         return false;
      }
      Student student = (Student)object;
      // no need to handle null here            
      // Objects.equal("test", "test") == true
      // Objects.equal("test", null) == false
      // Objects.equal(null, "test") == false
      // Objects.equal(null, null) == true              
      return Objects.equal(firstName, student.firstName)  // first name can be null
         && Objects.equal(lastName, student.lastName)     // last name can be null
         && Objects.equal(rollNo, student.rollNo)       
         && Objects.equal(className, student.className);  // class name can be null
   }

   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
      //no need to compute hashCode by self
      return Objects.hashCode(className,rollNo);
   }
   
   public String getFirstName() {
      return firstName;
   }
   
   public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
      this.firstName = firstName;
   }
   
   public String getLastName() {
      return lastName;
   }
   
   public void setLastName(String lastName) {
      this.lastName = lastName;
   }
   
   public int getRollNo() {
      return rollNo;
   }
   
   public void setRollNo(int rollNo) {
      this.rollNo = rollNo;
   }
   
   public String getClassName() {
      return className;
   }
   
   public void setClassName(String className) {
      this.className = className;
   }
}

Verify the Result

Compile the class using javac compiler as follows −

C:Guava>javac GuavaTester.java

Now run the GuavaTester to see the result.

C:Guava>java GuavaTester

See the result.

false
85871
Student{Name=Mahesh Parashar, Class=VI, Roll No=1}