We usually use IDE to override equals and hashCode methods in our classes.
Let's see how IntelliJ IDEA 11 copes with a simple class with 3 fields:
Even though the class seems simple, the methods' size is a little bit scary.
Using EqualsBuilder and HashCodeBuilder from Apache Commons Lang makes the methods much smaller, however introduces one major flaw: it uses reflection, which isn't a speed demon.
To the rescue comes Guava, which makes these methods simpler and more readable:
If you're working on a project in which you can use Java 7, it provides a similar solution without having to use any external library:
At the time of writing this, IDEA 11 doesn't support generating equals and hashCode using Guava or Objects class from Java 7. I created a plugin that provides such possibility:
http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?idea&id=6875
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