question: public boolean equals ( Object obj ) { if ( this == obj ) return true ; if ( obj == null || getClass ( ) != obj . getClass ( ) ) return false ; MessageFormat other = ( MessageFormat ) obj ; return ( maxOffset == other . maxOffset && pattern . equals ( other . pattern ) && ( ( locale != null && locale . equals ( other . locale ) ) || ( locale == null && other . locale == null ) ) && Arrays . equals ( offsets , other . offsets ) && Arrays . equals ( argumentNumbers , other . argumentNumbers ) && Arrays . equals ( formats , other . formats ) ) ; }
target:  Equality comparison between two message format objects