// Act & Assert
        assertTrue(left.equals(right), "Blobs with equal content should be equal");
        assertTrue(right.equals(left), "Equality should be symmetric for identical content");
    }

    // Demonstrates observed equals() asymmetry when this is shorter than argument
    @Test
    @DisplayName("equals: this shorter but same prefix -> true (observed behavior)")

      assertTrue(item + " must not be Object#equals to null", !item.equals(null));
      assertTrue(
          item + " must not be Object#equals to an arbitrary object of another class",
          !item.equals(NotAnInstance.EQUAL_TO_NOTHING));
      assertTrue(item + " must be Object#equals to itself", item.equals(item));
      assertEquals(

     */
    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) {
            return true;
        }

    @ParametricNullness
    V rightValue();

    /**
     * Two instances are considered equal if their {@link #leftValue()} values are equal and their
     * {@link #rightValue()} values are also equal.
     */
    @Override
    boolean equals(@Nullable Object other);

    /**
     * The hash code equals the value {@code Arrays.asList(leftValue(), rightValue()).hashCode()}.
     */
    @Override

    assertTrue("An Object should be equal to itself.", collection.equals(collection));
  }

  // Comparisons to null *are* defined.
  @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
  public void testEquals_null() {
    // noinspection ObjectEqualsNull
    assertFalse("An object should not be equal to null.", collection.equals(null));
  }

  // A collection should essentially never be equal to a non-collection.

          e,
          equalObject1
              + " [group 1, item 1] must be Object#equals to "
              + notEqualObject1
              + " [group 1, item 2]");
      return;
    }
    fail("Should get not equal to equal object error");
  }

  /**
   * Test EqualsTester with no equals or not equals objects. This checks proper handling of null,
   * incompatible class and reflexive tests
   */

    assertTrue("An Object should be equal to itself.", collection.equals(collection));
  }

  // Comparisons to null *are* defined.
  @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
  public void testEquals_null() {
    // noinspection ObjectEqualsNull
    assertFalse("An object should not be equal to null.", collection.equals(null));
  }

  // A collection should essentially never be equal to a non-collection.

      assertTrue(item + " must not be Object#equals to null", !item.equals(null));
      assertTrue(
          item + " must not be Object#equals to an arbitrary object of another class",
          !item.equals(NotAnInstance.EQUAL_TO_NOTHING));
      assertTrue(item + " must be Object#equals to itself", item.equals(item));
      assertEquals(

    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));
  }

        // We already know that nodeU equals other.nodeU. Combined with the earlier statement,
        // and the transitive property of equality, this implies that nodeU equals nodeV.
        // If nodeU equals nodeV, condition1 == condition2, so checking condition1 is sufficient.
        return nodeV().equals(other.nodeV());
      }