public static boolean equals(final Object obj1, final Object obj2) {
    return (obj1 != null && obj1.equals(obj2));
  }
Determines whether 2 Objects are equal in value. The Objects are equal if and only if neither
are null and are equal according to the equals method of the Object's class type.
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@param obj1 the first Object in the equality comparison.
@param obj2 the second Object in the equality comparison.
@return a boolean value indicating whether the 2 Objects are equal in value.
@see java.lang.Object#equals(Object)
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/lang/ObjectUtils.java