* This method buffers the input internally using BufferedInputStream
if they are
* not already buffered.
*
* @param input1
* the first stream
* @param input2
* the second stream
* @return true if the content of the streams are equal or they both don't exist, false
* otherwise
* @throws NullPointerException
* if either input is null
* @throws IOException
* if an I/O error occurs
*/
public static boolean contentEquals(InputStream input1, InputStream input2) throws IOException
{
if (!(input1 instanceof BufferedInputStream))
{
input1 = new BufferedInputStream(input1);
}
if (!(input2 instanceof BufferedInputStream))
{
input2 = new BufferedInputStream(input2);
}
int ch = input1.read();
while (-1 != ch)
{
int ch2 = input2.read();
if (ch != ch2)
{
return false;
}
ch = input1.read();
}
int ch2 = input2.read();
return (ch2 == -1);
}
}