} else if ((element instanceof Map) && flattenMaps) {
                flatten(((Map<?, ?>) element).values(), addTo, flattenMaps, flattenArrays);
            } else if (element.getClass().isArray() && flattenArrays) {
                flatten(asList((Object[]) element), addTo, flattenMaps, flattenArrays);
            } else {
                Cast.<Collection<Object>>uncheckedNonnullCast(addTo).add(element);
            }

            } else if ((element instanceof Map) && flattenMaps) {
                flatten(((Map<?, ?>) element).values(), addTo, flattenMaps, flattenArrays);
            } else if (element.getClass().isArray() && flattenArrays) {
                flatten(asList((Object[]) element), addTo, flattenMaps, flattenArrays);
            } else {
                Cast.<Collection<Object>>uncheckedNonnullCast(addTo).add(element);

                formatter.node(item + " (class: " + item.getClass().getName() + ")");
            }
        }
    }

    private boolean isEmptyArray(Object sources) {
        return sources.getClass().isArray() && Array.getLength(sources) == 0;
    }

            }

            // Casts to Class below are to workaround Eclipse compiler bug
            // See: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/200

            if (thing.getClass().isArray()) {
                Object[] thingArray = (Object[]) thing;
                List<T> list = new ArrayList<T>(thingArray.length);
                for (Object thingThing : thingArray) {

                if (a == b) {
                    return true;
                }
                if (a == null) {
                    return false;
                }
                if (a.getClass().isArray()) {
                    return Arrays.equals((Object[]) a, (Object[]) b);
                }
                return a.equals(b);
            }

            @Override
            public int hashCode() {