'equals()' between objects of inconvertible types

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports calls to equals() where the target and argument are of incompatible types.

While such a call might theoretically be useful, most likely it represents a bug.

Example:

new HashSet<String>() == new TreeSet<Integer>())

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GrEqualsBetweenInconvertibleTypes
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Groovy, 243.23126