Assert that two java beans are equivalent

Question

This question is close, but still not what I want. I'd like to assert in a generic way that two bean objects are equivalent. In case they are not, I'd like a detailed error message explaining the difference instead of a boolean "equal" or "not equal".

Answer 1

I recommend you use unitils library:

http://www.unitils.org/tutorial-reflectionassert.html

public class User {

    private long id;
    private String first;
    private String last;

    public User(long id, String first, String last) {
        this.id = id;
        this.first = first;
        this.last = last;
    }
}

User user1 = new User(1, "John", "Doe");
User user2 = new User(1, "John", "Doe");
assertReflectionEquals(user1, user2);

See also:

• Is there a Java reflection utility to do a deep comparison of two objects?
• NUnit - Assert to check all properties are equal?