Hi, I have made a retreat on this just to add the two missing equals methods:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8141409-Arrays-equals-comparator/webrev/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8141409-Arrays-equals-comparator/webrev/> I propose to revisit the overall null-handling semantics, especially for Comparable[] accepting methods, at a later date. Paul. > On 4 Nov 2015, at 15:32, Paul Sandoz <paul.san...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please review: > > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8141409-Arrays-equals-comparator/webrev/ > > <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8141409-Arrays-equals-comparator/webrev/> > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8141409 > <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8141409> > > This builds on (the already reviewed): > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8033148 > <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8033148> > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8033148-Arrays-lexico-compare/webrev/ > > <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8033148-Arrays-lexico-compare/webrev/> > > and adds yet more methods to Arrays, only two this time though, to fill out > the missing gaps related to array equality with a comparator. > > In addition i added an Objects.compare method, which simplifies the > implementations of some object-bearing methods. > > Both additions simplify the specification some object-bearing methods. > > Paul.
