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Bug 152599

Summary:	[javahints] ".equals() on incompatible types" wrong on Properties vs. Map
Product:	contrib	Reporter:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Component:	Code	Assignee:	issues@contrib <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P4
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jesse Glick 2008-11-07 01:47:42 UTC

Properties props = ...;
Map<String,String> map = ...;
props.equals(map);

is perfectly legal AFAIK - you are checking if the maps have the same contents. But the IDE issues a warning.