Keep reading, Tom... :) (Joe-Bob says "catch up on *all* the mail before you reply")
--G > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Jordahl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:54 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: 'Rich Scheuerle (E-mail)' > Subject: RE: Q. about equals() in WSDL generated datatypes > > > > While I wrote the original (lame) implementation of equals(), > Rich Scheuerle wrote the more complicated (and more correct) > version that is emitted today. > > Rich? > > -- > Tom Jordahl > Macromedia Server Development > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:39 PM > To: axis-dev > Subject: Q. about equals() in WSDL generated datatypes > > > So I'm staring at the equals() method that's been generated > for me from a > datatype > > private java.lang.Object __equalsCalc = null; > > public synchronized boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj) { > if (!(obj instanceof JobInfo)) return false; > JobInfo other = (JobInfo) obj; > if (obj == null) return false; > if (this == obj) return true; > if (__equalsCalc != null) { > return (__equalsCalc == obj); > } > __equalsCalc = obj; > ...tests > __equalsCalc = null; > return _equals; > > > My q. is: what is all this __equalsCalc stuff? It implies > that if there is a > reentrant equality test then the test would return true while > the test is > ongoing, but since the method is synchronized, you'd be hard > pressed to call > equals() twice. > > Is that what the __equalsCalc is there for? To catch recursion? > > -steve >
