Method doEquivalent

guava/src/com/google/common/base/Equivalence.java:99–100

Implemented by the user to determine whether {@code a} and {@code b} are considered equivalent, subject to the requirements specified in {@link #equivalent}. <p>This method should not be called except by {@link #equivalent}. When {@link #equivalent} calls this method, {@code a} and {@code b} are gu

(T a, T b)

   * @since 10.0 (previously, subclasses would override equivalent())
   */
  @ForOverride
  protected abstract boolean doEquivalent(T a, T b);

  /**
   * <i>May</i> return {@code true} if {@code object} is a {@code Equivalence} that behaves