Expected behavior of FQN?

[jaikiran]

Hi,
Looks like the FQN created by passing a string and FQN created using Fqn.fromString() are NOT *equal*. Here's a sample program:

package org.myapp;

import org.jboss.cache.Fqn;
import org.jboss.cache.PropertyConfigurator;
import org.jboss.cache.TreeCache;

/**
 * @author Jaikiran Pai
 *
 */
public class TestFQN {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
 try {
 TreeCache treeCache = new TreeCache();
 PropertyConfigurator config = new PropertyConfigurator(); // configure tree cache. Needs to be in the classpath
 config.configure(treeCache, "D:\\SchedulerInJBoss\\local-eviction-service.xml");
 treeCache.start();

 Fqn fqn = new Fqn("a/b/c");
 Fqn fqnFromString = Fqn.fromString("a/b/c");

 System.out.println("fqn equals fqnFromString? : " + fqn.equals(fqnFromString));

 /*treeCache.put("a/b/c",new Integer("1"),"1");
 System.out.println("Exists fqn? (created WITHOUT using fromString) : " + treeCache.exists(new Fqn("a/b/c")));
 System.out.println("Exists fqn? (created using fromString) : " + treeCache.exists(Fqn.fromString("a/b/c")));
 */



 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }


 }
}

This programs returns false when equals method is invoked on the two Fqns.
Is this the expected behavior of Fqn?

[jaikiran]

Had a look at the test cases and the FqnTest.java does not have a test case for this specific scenario. I added the following test case to the same:

/**
 * @testDesc Tests the {@link Fqn#equals(Object)} method. Two Fqn will be created, one
 * will use the {@link Fqn#Fqn(Object)} and the other will use {@link Fqn#fromString(String)}.
 * These two objects will then be checked for equality
 */
 public void testEquals4() {
 String fqnPath = "a/b/c";
 Fqn fqnUsingFromStringMethod = Fqn.fromString(fqnPath);
 Fqn fqnPassingStringToConstructor = new Fqn(fqnPath);

 assertTrue("Fqn created using fromString() is NOT equal to Fqn create using Fqn(Object obj) constructor", fqnUsingFromStringMethod.equals(fqnPassingStringToConstructor));

 }

This test case shows that the equals() method is failing in this scenario.

[jaikiran]

Is this behavior of Fqn correct? If yes, shouldnt this be documented through the javadocs?