Compare two string literals

public boolean compare(String text1, String text2){
if(text1=="" && text2!="")
   text1=null;
if(text2==""&&text1!="")
   text2 = null;
if (text1== null && text2==null) 
         return true;
if (text1.length()==0 && text2.length()==0) 
         return true;
if (text1.length()==0 || text2.length()==0) 
         return false;
if (text2==null || text2==null) 
        return false;

      return text1.compareTo(text2);


}