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Title:	EXP03-J. Do not use the equality operators when comparing values of boxed primitives
Author:	Dhruv Mohindra	Aug 11, 2009
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Aug 06, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/UjdGBQ
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (1)     Page: EXP02-J. Do not use the Object.equals() method to compare two arrays

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    https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/secure-codin…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v6013/
    cwe.mitre.org/
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/595.html
    java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/conversions.…
    docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-5.html#jls-5.…
    https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-1698
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/PVS-Studio
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
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    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/597.html

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