[jira] Assigned: (XMLBEANS-347) XmlComplexContentImpl.equal_to() fails to throw exception when unable to return correct value

["Jacob Danner (JIRA)" <xm...@xml.apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-347?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Jacob Danner reassigned XMLBEANS-347:
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    Assignee: Jacob Danner

> XmlComplexContentImpl.equal_to() fails to throw exception when unable to return correct value
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>                 Key: XMLBEANS-347
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLBEANS-347
>             Project: XMLBeans
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions:  Version 2.3
>         Environment: n/a
>            Reporter: Charles Butterfield
>            Assignee: Jacob Danner
>            Priority: Critical
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> I was recently horrified to discover that valueEquals() fails silently for complex types.  For complex types the comparison is delegated to XmlComplexContentImpl.equal_to() which simply returns "true" with the comment "BUGBUG: by-value structure comparison undone".
> Clearly the method should throw an exception to alert users to the issue, as do various neighboring methods.
> I first ran into this problem (today) while using an old xbean.jar  (built in early 2004).  I then checked the 2.3.0 source and the bug still exists.  So its been there unchanged since version 1.0.4 at least.
> Hopefully adding the exception is a no-brainer.  Perhaps a working implementation could follow.

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