Joe, Here are a few more resources that you may want to investigate for java.util.Objects:
* http://google-collections.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/com/google/common/base/Objects.html * http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.0.M4/javadoc-api/org/springframework/util/ObjectUtils.html * http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-release/org/apache/commons/lang/ObjectUtils.html * http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core/httpcore/apidocs/org/apache/http/util/LangUtils.html Paul