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Compare two byte[] for differences, either may be null

     
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

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/**
 * <p>
 * StringUtil collects together some string utility classes.
 * </p>
 */
public class StringUtil
{

  /**
   * Compare two byte[] for differences, either may be null
   * 
   * @param a
   *        One byte[].
   * @param b
   *        The other byte[].
   * @return true if the byte[]s are different, false if they are the same.
   */
  public static boolean different(byte[] a, byte[] b)
  {
    // if both null, they are the same
    if ((a == null) && (b == null)) return false;

    // if either are null (they both are not), they are different
    if ((a == null) || (b == null)) return true;

    // if the lengths are different, they are different
    if (a.length != b.length) return true;

    // now we know neither are null, so compare, item for item (order counts)
    for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
    {
      if (a[i] != b[i]) return true;
    }

    // they are NOT different!
    return false;
  }

}

   
    
    
    
    
  

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