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== Why is this an issue?
In records, the default behavior of the ``++equals()++`` method is to check the equality by field values. This works well for primitive fields or fields, whose type overrides ``++equals()++``, but this behavior doesn't work as expected for array fields.
By default, array fields are compared by their reference, and overriding ``++equals()++`` is highly appreciated to achieve the deep equality check. The same strategy applies to ``++hashCode()++`` and ``++toString()++`` methods.
This rule reports an issue if a record class has an array field and is not overriding ``++equals()++``, ``++hashCode()++`` or ``++toString()++`` methods.
=== Noncompliant code example
[source,java]
----
record Person(String[] names, int age) {} // Noncompliant
----
=== Compliant solution
[source,java]
----
record Person(String[] names, int age) {
@Override
public boolean equals(Object o) {
if (this == o) return true;
if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
Person person = (Person) o;
return age == person.age && Arrays.equals(names, person.names);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
int result = Objects.hash(age);
result = 31 * result + Arrays.hashCode(names);
return result;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "Person{" +
"names=" + Arrays.toString(names) +
", age=" + age +
'}';
}
}
----
== Resources
* https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se16/html/jls-8.html#jls-8.10[Records specification]
ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]
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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message
Override [equals|hashCode|toString] to consider array's content in the method
=== Highlighting
record declaration
endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]