Fellow Jessians,
I need to populate multislots with Java objects and subsequently
perform multislot set comparisons. I was assuming that all
comparisons on external addresses would be accomplished via the Java
"public boolean equals(Object obj)" method. The following interaction
seems to prove otherwise:
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Jess, the Java Expert System Shell
Jess Version 4.3 12/3/98
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Type your input in the one-line input box below.
Jess> (defglobal ?*buffa* = (new java.lang.StringBuffer "a"))
TRUE
Jess> (defglobal ?*buffb* = (new java.lang.StringBuffer "b"))
TRUE
Jess> (subsetp (create$ ?*buffa*) (create$ ?*buffb*))
TRUE
Jess> (subsetp (create$ "a") (create$ "b"))
FALSE
Jess> (call ?*buffa* toString)
"a"
Jess> (call ?*buffb* toString)
"b"
Jess> (call ?*buffa* equals ?*buffb*)
FALSE
Jess>
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Am I expecting something that I shouldn't or is this a bug?
Regards,
Bob
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