[jira] [Updated] (LANG-1309) Should EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals return false if both values of a field is null?

["Andres Joy (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1309?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andres Joy updated LANG-1309:
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    Summary: Should EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals return false if both values of a field is null?  (was: Should EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals return false if both values of a field is false?)

> Should EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals return false if both values of a field is null?
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LANG-1309
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1309
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Andres Joy
>            Priority: Minor
>
> EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals return false if both values of the two objects on a field is null. Is this behavior intended? 
> Consider the following example:
> {code}class Person {
>   String name;
>   int age;
>   String phone = null;
>   ...
> }{code}
> And a main method:
> {code}Person p1 = new Person();
> p1.name = "Mike";
> p1.age = 30;
> Person p2 = new Person();
> p2.name = "Mike";
> p2.age = 30;
> assertTrue(EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals(p1, p2));{code}
> This test won't pass because the assertion will fail. 
> Moreover, in this example, the objects we compare are actually equal(morally speaking) and the check should therefore return true. 
> What motivates the current behavior? 



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