[AVRO-182] hashCode and equals are not consistent with compareTo

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: java
• Assignee: Doug Cutting
• Reporter: Doug Cutting
• Created: 05/Nov/09 20:28
• Updated: 01/Mar/10 17:09
• Resolved: 11/Nov/09 21:12

Description

Java's specific and generic APIs implement compareTo according to the schema, where some fields might be ignored. To be consistent, fields that are ignored when comparing for ordering should also be ignored when comparing for equality and for computing hashCodes.