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Generate unit tests for hashcode,equals and toString methods

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Is there any tool/library which can automatically generate the tests for my hashcode and equals methods looking at the instance variables involved in these methods?

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Mangoose Avatar asked May 17 '12 09:05

Mangoose


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1 Answers

Guava uses this test builder to test equals and hashCode.

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Louis Wasserman Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 00:10

Louis Wasserman