Re: Problem with Junit test

From:
AndrewMcDonagh <newsamd@amc.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:42:59 +0100
Message-ID:
<eatg3j$hu4$1@news.freedom2surf.net>
djgavenda2@yahoo.com wrote:

I am running into a problem when two objects return true for .equals()
and return the same exact hashcode but assertEquals throws
AssertionFailedErrorException.

Since they return true for .equals and hashcode is exactly the same, I
am confused why assertEquals barks.

Any ideas?


no idea, thie follow simple test shows assertEquals works ok .

package com.amd.sandbox;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

public class EqualsTest extends TestCase {

   public void testEqualsWhereHashcodeIsSameAndEqualsReturnsTrue() {
     Foo f1 = new Foo("hello");
     Foo f2 = new Foo("hello");

     assertEquals("failed!", f1, f2);
     assertEquals("Hashcode differs!", f1.hashCode(), f2.hashCode());
   }

   public void testNotEqualWhenMessageDifferent() {
     Foo f1 = new Foo("hello");
     Foo f2 = new Foo("bye");

     assertFalse("failed!", f1.equals(f2));
     assertFalse("Hashcode the same!", f1.hashCode() == f2.hashCode());
   }

   private static class Foo {

     private String message;

     public Foo(String aMessage) {
       message = aMessage;
     }

     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
       Foo other = (Foo) obj;
       if (this.message.equals(other.message))
         return true;

       return false;
     }

     public int hashCode() {
       return message.hashCode();
     }
   }

}

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