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Bug 428834

Summary:	"Generate hashCode and equals()" ignores protected fields from superclasses
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Michael Mirwaldt <michael.mirwaldt>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	JDT-Core-Inbox <jdt-core-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Michael Mirwaldt

2014-02-22 19:11:32 EST

The "Generate toString"-menu-item takes protected fields from superclasses into consideration but "Generate hashCode and Equals()"-menu-item ignores them. As subclasses also inherit protected fields from superclasses, the "Generate hashCode and Equals()" should give the user the opportunity to choose them. The generator then generates a hashCode() and equals() which include the inherited fields.

Comment 1 Michael Mirwaldt

2014-02-25 18:28:37 EST

I notices that equals-methods of subclasses call the quals-method of superclasses which is much better. However, this makes only sense if the super class also implements equals.