return java.util.Objects.equals(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Generates a hash code for multiple values. The hash code is generated by calling {@link
   * Arrays#hashCode(Object[])}. Note that array arguments to this method, with the exception of a
   * single Object array, do not get any special handling; their hash codes are based on identity
   * and not contents.
   *

Using the below example document:
<img width="85%" src="https://bradley.codes/static/img/jstream-levels.gif" alt="jstream"/>

we can choose to extract and act only the objects within the top-level array:
```go
f, _ := os.Open("input.json")

/**
 * Interface for objects that can be encoded to byte arrays.
 * Provides standardized method for converting objects to their binary representation.
 *
 * @author mbechler
 */
public class ByteEncodable implements Encodable {

    private final byte[] bytes;
    private final int off;
    private final int len;

    /**
     * Constructs a ByteEncodable object wrapping a byte array segment.
     *

                // Handle both Object[] and primitive arrays safely
                final int newLength = Array.getLength(value);
                final Object[] values = Arrays.copyOf(oldValues, oldValues.length + newLength);
                for (int i = 0; i < newLength; i++) {
                    values[oldValues.length + i] = Array.get(value, i);
                }
                dataMap.put(key, values);

  }

  public void testCreation_arrayOfArray() {
    String[] array = new String[] {"a"};
    List<String[]> list = ImmutableList.<String[]>of(array);
    assertEquals(singletonList(array), list);
  }

  public void testCopyOf_emptyArray() {
    String[] array = new String[0];
    List<String> list = ImmutableList.copyOf(array);
    assertEquals(emptyList(), list);
  }

/**
 * Implementation class of {@link BeanDesc}.
 *
 * @author higa
 */
public class BeanDescImpl implements BeanDesc {

    /** Empty object array */
    protected static final Object[] EMPTY_ARGS = new Object[0];

    /** Empty class array */
    protected static final Class<?>[] EMPTY_PARAM_TYPES = new Class<?>[0];

    /** The class of the bean */
    protected final Class<?> beanClass;

        byte[] buffer2 = new byte[28];
        Arrays.fill(buffer2, 0, 24, (byte) 0x22);

        int bytesConsumed2 = response.decode(buffer2, 0, 28);
        assertEquals(28, bytesConsumed2);

        byte[] resumeKey2 = response.getResumeKey();
        assertNotNull(resumeKey2);
        assertEquals((byte) 0x22, resumeKey2[0]);

        // Verify it's a different array

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;
import org.jspecify.annotations.NullUnmarked;

/**
 * Tests for CompactHashSet.
 *
 * @author Dimitris Andreou
 */
@GwtIncompatible // java.util.Arrays#copyOf(Object[], int), java.lang.reflect.Array

    checkSerialization(Predicates.and(Arrays.asList(TRUE, FALSE)));
  }

  public void testAnd_arrayDefensivelyCopied() {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // generic arrays
    Predicate<Object>[] array = (Predicate<Object>[]) new Predicate<?>[] {Predicates.alwaysFalse()};
    Predicate<Object> predicate = Predicates.and(array);
    assertFalse(predicate.apply(1));
    array[0] = Predicates.alwaysTrue();

        assertNotNull(target);
        ElementType[] targetTypes = target.value();
        assertEquals(2, targetTypes.length);
        assertTrue(Arrays.asList(targetTypes).contains(ElementType.METHOD));
        assertTrue(Arrays.asList(targetTypes).contains(ElementType.TYPE));

        // Check Retention annotation
        Retention retention = Secured.class.getAnnotation(Retention.class);