question: private static boolean memberEquals ( final Class < ? > type , final Object o1 , final Object o2 ) { if ( o1 == o2 ) { return true ; } if ( o1 == null || o2 == null ) { return false ; } if ( type . isArray ( ) ) { return arrayMemberEquals ( type . getComponentType ( ) , o1 , o2 ) ; } if ( type . isAnnotation ( ) ) { return equals ( ( Annotation ) o1 , ( Annotation ) o2 ) ; } return o1 . equals ( o2 ) ; }
target:  Helper method for checking whether two objects of the given type are equal. This method is used to compare the parameters of two annotation instances.