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diff --git a/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/AbstractBean.java b/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/AbstractBean.java
index 0438c6d..53fe690 100644
--- a/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/AbstractBean.java
+++ b/src/net/pterodactylus/util/beans/AbstractBean.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author David ‘Bombe’ Roden <bombe@freenetproject.org>
  * @version $Id$
  */
-public class AbstractBean {
+public abstract class AbstractBean {
 
 	/** Property change listeners. */
 	private final List<PropertyChangeListener> propertyChangeListeners = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<PropertyChangeListener>());
@@ -74,4 +74,20 @@ public class AbstractBean {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Compares the two objects and returns whether they are equal according to
+	 * {@link Object#equals(Object)}. This method takes <code>null</code>
+	 * into account as a valid value for an object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param first
+	 *            The first object
+	 * @param second
+	 *            The second object
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if the two objects are equal,
+	 *         <code>false</code> otherwise
+	 */
+	protected boolean equal(Object first, Object second) {
+		return ((first == null) && (second == null)) || ((first != null) && first.equals(second)) || ((second != null) && second.equals(first));
+	}
+
 }