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| -rw-r--r-- | src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/EqualsBuilder.java | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/EqualsBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/EqualsBuilder.java index 6bd105842..50d811862 100644 --- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/EqualsBuilder.java +++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/EqualsBuilder.java @@ -245,9 +245,12 @@ public class EqualsBuilder implements Builder<Boolean> { } /** - * Set whether to include transient fields when reflectively comparing objects. - * @param testRecursive whether to do a recursive test + * Set whether to test fields recursively, instead of using their equals method, when reflectively comparing objects. + * String objects, which cache a hash value, are automatically excluded from recursive testing. + * You may specify other exceptions by calling {@link #setBypassReflectionClasses(List)}. + * @param testRecursive whether to do a recursive test * @return EqualsBuilder - used to chain calls. + * @see #setBypassReflectionClasses(List) * @since 3.6 */ public EqualsBuilder setTestRecursive(final boolean testRecursive) { @@ -265,6 +268,7 @@ public class EqualsBuilder implements Builder<Boolean> { * your own set of classes here, remember to include {@code String} class, too.</p> * @param bypassReflectionClasses classes to bypass reflection test * @return EqualsBuilder - used to chain calls. + * @see #setTestRecursive(boolean) * @since 3.8 */ public EqualsBuilder setBypassReflectionClasses(final List<Class<?>> bypassReflectionClasses) { |