Java中的equals vs Arrays.equals

Question

在Java中比较数组时，下面两个语句之间有什么不同吗？

Object[] array1, array2;
array1.equals(array2);
Arrays.equals(array1, array2);

如果是这样，它们是什么？

Answer 1

深入了解这两种方法的实现：

array1.equals(array2);

/**
 * Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
 * <p>
 * The {@code equals} method implements an equivalence relation
 * on non-null object references:
 * <ul>
 * <li>It is <i>reflexive</i>: for any non-null reference value
 *     {@code x}, {@code x.equals(x)} should return
 *     {@code true}.
 * <li>It is <i>symmetric</i>: for any non-null reference values
 *     {@code x} and {@code y}, {@code x.equals(y)}
 *     should return {@code true} if and only if
 *     {@code y.equals(x)} returns {@code true}.
 * <li>It is <i>transitive</i>: for any non-null reference values
 *     {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z}, if
 *     {@code x.equals(y)} returns {@code true} and
 *     {@code y.equals(z)} returns {@code true}, then
 *     {@code x.equals(z)} should return {@code true}.
 * <li>It is <i>consistent</i>: for any non-null reference values
 *     {@code x} and {@code y}, multiple invocations of
 *     {@code x.equals(y)} consistently return {@code true}
 *     or consistently return {@code false}, provided no
 *     information used in {@code equals} comparisons on the
 *     objects is modified.
 * <li>For any non-null reference value {@code x},
 *     {@code x.equals(null)} should return {@code false}.
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * The {@code equals} method for class {@code Object} implements
 * the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects;
 * that is, for any non-null reference values {@code x} and
 * {@code y}, this method returns {@code true} if and only
 * if {@code x} and {@code y} refer to the same object
 * ({@code x == y} has the value {@code true}).
 * <p>
 * Note that it is generally necessary to override the {@code hashCode}
 * method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the
 * general contract for the {@code hashCode} method, which states
 * that equal objects must have equal hash codes.
 *
 * @param   obj   the reference object with which to compare.
 * @return  {@code true} if this object is the same as the obj
 *          argument; {@code false} otherwise.
 * @see     #hashCode()
 * @see     java.util.HashMap
 */
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    return (this == obj);
}

而：

Arrays.equals(array1, array2);

/**
 * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the two specified arrays of Objects are
 * <i>equal</i> to one another.  The two arrays are considered equal if
 * both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding
 * pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal.  Two objects <tt>e1</tt>
 * and <tt>e2</tt> are considered <i>equal</i> if <tt>(e1==null ? e2==null
 * : e1.equals(e2))</tt>.  In other words, the two arrays are equal if
 * they contain the same elements in the same order.  Also, two array
 * references are considered equal if both are <tt>null</tt>.<p>
 *
 * @param a one array to be tested for equality
 * @param a2 the other array to be tested for equality
 * @return <tt>true</tt> if the two arrays are equal
 */
public static boolean equals(Object[] a, Object[] a2) {
    if (a==a2)
        return true;
    if (a==null || a2==null)
        return false;

    int length = a.length;
    if (a2.length != length)
        return false;

    for (int i=0; i<length; i++) {
        Object o1 = a[i];
        Object o2 = a2[i];
        if (!(o1==null ? o2==null : o1.equals(o2)))
            return false;
    }

    return true;
}

Answer 2

数组从Object继承equals()，因此仅当将数组与其自身进行比较时，compare才返回true。

另一方面，Arrays.equals比较数组的元素。

下面的代码片段阐明了其中的区别：

Object o1 = new Object();
Object o2 = new Object();
Object[] a1 = { o1, o2 };
Object[] a2 = { o1, o2 };
System.out.println(a1.equals(a2)); // prints false
System.out.println(Arrays.equals(a1, a2)); // prints true

另请参见Arrays.equals()。另一种静态方法可能也很有趣：Arrays.deepEquals()。

Answer 3

Arrays.equals(array1, array2)：

检查两个数组是否包含相同数量的元素，以及两个数组中所有对应的元素对是否相等。

array1.equals(array2)：

将该对象与另一个对象进行比较，仅当两个对象的引用与Object.equals()中的引用相等时才返回true