Is there a Java standard "both null or equal" static method?

Question

To save some typing and clarify my code, is there a standard version of the following method?

public static boolean bothNullOrEqual(Object x, Object y) {
  return ( x == null ? y == null : x.equals(y) );
}

Matt_20630 · Answer

if by some chance you are have access to the Jakarta Commons library there is ObjectUtils.equals() and lots of other useful functions.

EDIT: misread the question initially