What methods should go into a java.util.Objects class in JDK 7?

[Schulz, Stefan]

> So I'm left with only equal() for your new Objects class.  By the way, 
> the best implementation is a == b || (a != null && a.equals(b)).

I disagree, as this one does not handle arrays properly.
I'd either like equal to handle deep equality on arrays or have a deepEqual utility method that takes arbitrary objects.

Cheers,
Stefan