== Why is this an issue?

An ``++equals++`` method that unconditionally returns the same answer is an error likely to cause many bugs.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
public class Fruit extends Food {
  private Season ripe;

  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    return ripe.equals(this);  // Noncompliant
  }
----


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=== on 23 Mar 2018, 08:42:24 Alexandre Gigleux wrote:
\[~ann.campbell.2] Do you remember why this one has been closed "Won't Fix". It covers 2 FindBugs rules (EQ_ALWAYS_FALSE, EQ_ALWAYS_TRUE), that were not rejected according to \http://dist.sonarsource.com/reports/coverage/findbugs.html

=== on 23 Mar 2018, 13:00:50 Ann Campbell wrote:
I think it was in favor of the more sophisticated rules. I'm not finding a paper trail tho.

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