assertEquals("deadbeef", blob.toString(), "toString() should reflect underlying content");
        assertEquals(data.hashCode(), blob.hashCode(), "hashCode should equal the array's hashCode");
    }

    // Validates equals() returns true for same-sized, equal-content blobs
    @Test
    @DisplayName("equals: identical content and size -> true")
    void equals_identicalContent_true() {
        // Arrange

    assertTrue(Objects.equal(1, 1));
    assertTrue(Objects.equal(null, null));

    // test distinct string objects
    String s1 = "foobar";
    String s2 = new String(s1);
    assertTrue(Objects.equal(s1, s2));

    assertFalse(Objects.equal(s1, null));
    assertFalse(Objects.equal(null, s1));
    assertFalse(Objects.equal("foo", "bar"));
    assertFalse(Objects.equal("1", 1));
  }

 *   <li>comparing each pair of objects within the same equality group returns true
 *   <li>comparing each pair of objects from different equality groups returns false
 *   <li>the hash codes of any two equal objects are equal
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>When a test fails, the error message labels the objects involved in the failed comparison as
 * follows:
 *
 * <ul>

    /**
     * Do not instantiate.
     */
    protected ObjectUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the two objects are equal, or both are null.
     *
     * @param object1 the first object
     * @param object2 the second object
     * @return true if equal or both null, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean equals(final Object object1, final Object object2) {
        if (object1 == object2) {

          e, obj + " must not be Object#equals to an arbitrary object of another class");
      return;
    }
    fail("Should get equal to incompatible class error");
  }

  /** Test proper handling where an object is not equal to one the user has said should be equal */
  public void testInvalidNotEqualsEqualObject() {
    equalsTester.addEqualityGroup(reference, notEqualObject1);
    try {

		// a less b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) <= 0 {
		// a less or equal b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) > 0 {
		// a greater b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) >= 0 {
		// a greater or equal b
	}

	// Prefer Equal to Compare for equality comparisons.
	if bytes.Equal(a, b) {
		// a equal b
	}
	if !bytes.Equal(a, b) {
		// a not equal b
	}
}

func ExampleCompare_search() {

 *   <li>comparing each pair of objects within the same equality group returns true
 *   <li>comparing each pair of objects from different equality groups returns false
 *   <li>the hash codes of any two equal objects are equal
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>When a test fails, the error message labels the objects involved in the failed comparison as
 * follows:
 *
 * <ul>

		if err != tt.expectedErr {
			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected %s, got %s", i+1, tt.expectedErr, err)
		}
		if !bytes.Equal(chunkSize, tt.chunkSize) {
			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected %s, got %s", i+1, string(tt.chunkSize), string(chunkSize))
		}
		if !bytes.Equal(chunkSignature, tt.chunkSignature) {
			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected %s, got %s", i+1, string(tt.chunkSignature), string(chunkSignature))
		}
	}
}

    return Iterators.forArray(nodeU, nodeV);
  }

  /**
   * Two ordered {@link EndpointPair}s are equal if their {@link #source()} and {@link #target()}
   * are equal. Two unordered {@link EndpointPair}s are equal if they contain the same nodes. An
   * ordered {@link EndpointPair} is never equal to an unordered {@link EndpointPair}.
   */
  @Override
  public abstract boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj);

  /**

     * their caseless domain and username fields are equal and either both hashes are external and they are equal or
     * both internally supplied passwords are equal. If one {@code NtlmPasswordAuthentication} object has external
     * hashes (meaning negotiated via NTLM HTTP Authentication) and the other does not they will not be equal. This is