[jira] [Commented] (LANG-1323) Type implementations in TypeUtils compute hash code that breaks Object.equals() with Sun's OpenJDK

["Scott Kilpatrick (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Scott Kilpatrick commented on LANG-1323:
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Hash code implementation comparisons:

* {{GenericArrayTypeImpl}}: [TypeUtils|https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=blob;f=src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java;h=8db6ca47813389708781c5117f3109865c815d2c;hb=HEAD#l134] vs. [OpenJDK|http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/file/687fd7c7986d/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/generics/reflectiveObjects/GenericArrayTypeImpl.java#l89]

* {{ParameterizedTypeImpl}}: [TypeUtils|https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=blob;f=src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java;h=8db6ca47813389708781c5117f3109865c815d2c;hb=HEAD#l203] vs. [OpenJDK|http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/file/687fd7c7986d/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/generics/reflectiveObjects/ParameterizedTypeImpl.java#l198]

* {{WildcardTypeImpl}}: [TypeUtils|https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=blob;f=src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/reflect/TypeUtils.java;h=8db6ca47813389708781c5117f3109865c815d2c;hb=HEAD#l270] vs. [OpenJDK|http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/file/687fd7c7986d/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/generics/reflectiveObjects/WildcardTypeImpl.java#l224]

> Type implementations in TypeUtils compute hash code that breaks Object.equals() with Sun's OpenJDK
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>
>                 Key: LANG-1323
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1323
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: lang.reflect.*
>    Affects Versions: 3.2, 3.5
>         Environment: Sun OpenJDK
>            Reporter: Scott Kilpatrick
>            Priority: Minor
>
> {{TypeUtils}} in {{lang.reflect}} provides convenient methods for creating objects of the interface {{Type}}. Those objects are defined by the following classes:
> * ParameterizedTypeImpl (implements {{ParameterizedType}})
> * WildcardTypeImpl (implements {{WildcardType}})
> * GenericArrayTypeImpl (implements {{GenericArrayType}})
> Similarly, there are corresponding classes, which implement the same interfaces, defined in one's particular JDK. And it's these latter classes that are instantiated when you get objects of type {{Type}} via reflection. Let's call these the "internal {{Type}} implementations." In the case of Sun's OpenJDK, [they are defined|http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/file/687fd7c7986d/src/share/classes/sun/reflect/generics/reflectiveObjects] in package {{sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects}}.
> Each of the {{TypeUtils}} classes implements {{Object.equals(Object)}} in a general way that's compatible with the internal {{Type}} implementations. For example, if I access a field declared with type {{Map<String, Integer>}} and get its generic type, via {{Field.getGenericType()}}, then that will be equal to the {{TypeUtils}} object returned by:
> {code:java}
> TypeUtils.parameterize(Map.class, String.class, Integer.class)
> {code}
> That's what I'd expect, so that's great.
> However, the {{TypeUtils}} classes implement their {{Object.hashCode()}} method in a _different_ way from the corresponding implementations in Sun OpenJDK implementations. That's not so surprising, _but it breaks the contract of {{Object.hashCode()}}_:
> bq. If two objects are equal according to the {{equals(Object)}} method, then calling the {{hashCode}} method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
> In other words, the two {{Type}} objects above will both consider themselves {{equals}} to each other, but they have different hash codes.
> One example of a negative consequence of this problem is a collection class that implements its equality (to other collections) by checking hash codes of its elements, e.g., Guava's immutable collections. If you have {{Type}} objects in those collections, with {{TypeUtils}} {{Type}} objects in {{c1}} and Sun OpenJDK {{Type}} objects in {{c2}}, you will see that {{c1.equals(c2)}} returns {{false}} -- because their elements don't all have the same hash codes -- even though those elements are all considered equal.



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