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Inexperienced Java developers might expect the ``++Object.equals(Object obj)++`` method to correctly handle the case where the left hand side is null, but that is not the case.
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== Noncompliant Code Example
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[source,text]
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if (variable.equals(null)) { /* ... */ } // Noncompliant - "variable" is really null, a NullPointerException is thrown
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== Compliant Solution
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[source,text]
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if (variable == null) { /* ... */ } // Compliant
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ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]
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'''
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== Comments And Links
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include::comments-and-links.adoc[]
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endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]
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