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Possible Duplicate: Is there a Java reflection utility to do a deep comparison of two objects? I want to create a generic object comparison method like this - public static boolean ...

Say I have a class with no equals() method, to which do not have the source. I want to assert equality on two instances of that class. I can do multiple asserts: assertEquals(obj1.getFieldA(), obj2....

This question is close, but still not what I want. I'd like to assert in a generic way that two bean objects are equivalent. In case they are not, I'd like a detailed error message explaining the ...

I've got a Java class, here's an example: public class Car { private int fuelType; private Date made; private String name; . . . // and so on Now let's say I have two car objects and I ...

I am trying to validate serialize and de-serialize routines by comparing the resulting object with the original object. The routines can serialize arbitrary and deeply nested classes and consequently ...

There are two similar questions on SO: Is there a Java utility to do a deep comparison of two objects? Deep reflective compare equals but, it is funny, none of them gives a fully correct answer to the ...

Are there any utils in java which allow to check objects equality without equals overriding? For some reasons I don't want to provide my class with equals method. I need something like SomeUtils....

To give a little background on what I am trying to do, please refer my previous question : Run a java method by passing class name and method name as parameter So basically I am trying to call a ...

I need to compare two objects in Java, but they contain a lot of members, some not visible, and I don't have access to the source code - they're objects from a third-party package. I need to find out ...

Is there a way in which we can equate two objects? I know that we can use equals, but the problem is that I need to write a utility which can compare any two objects implementing same interface. ...

I have a use case for filtering a set of objects based on multiple properties of the object. An approach that I would use in Javascript might be to create an object with only the properties that I ...

If you know EqualsBuilder from apache commons lang you know that you can use it for implementing equals methods with reflection. It seems to work well but since I am using third party software I need ...

Already referred few question here and there. Use Case - 1.) Given any Two objects, compare both of them property by property. 2.) It will contains Collections also, now compare collections of both ...

Object a1= "[{"rdf:resource":"record\/16777228-43386050"},{"rdf:resource":"record\/16777228-43386055"},{"rdf:resource":"record\/16777228-43386057"},{"rdf:resource":"record\/16777228-43386059"}]" ...

I have a serializable class, that I'd like to compare. It contains many fields and will probably change many times in the future. What are the downsides of implementing equals like this: public class ...