[jira] [Created] (LANG-1330) EqualsBuilder can call custom equals method for class

["Jason Smiley (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Jason Smiley created LANG-1330:
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             Summary: EqualsBuilder can call custom equals method for class
                 Key: LANG-1330
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1330
             Project: Commons Lang
          Issue Type: New Feature
            Reporter: Jason Smiley


As a tester, there are times I want to exclude certain fields (like ID) for my parent object and its children.

For example:

class Parent {
public String id;
public NormalChild child1;
public SpecialChild child2;

//uses ReflectionEqualsBuilder for equals();
//has custom equalsWithoutID() method;
}

class NormalChild extend Child {
public String name;
//uses ReflectionEqualsBuilder equals();
//has custom equalsWithoutID() method via inheritance;
}

class SpecialChild extend Child {
public String id;
public String name;
//uses ReflectionEqualsBuilder for equals();
//has custom equalsWithoutID() method via inheritence;
}

If I am running a reflectionEquals with excluding field "id" on my parent object, the excludedFields won't be used on my children classes (only excludes fields of parent with name). I would like to be able to call the custom equalsWithoutID() if its an instance of class Child.

Currently i need to do a workaround where my equals() checks to see which method I was using before executing but its not an ideal solution.



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