Why is this an issue?
As the equals method’s parameter is typed as generic Any?, any type of object may be passed to it. The method
implementation should not assume it will only be used to test objects of its own class type. It must instead check the parameter’s type.
Noncompliant code example
override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean { // Noncompliant
val mc = other as MyClass
// ...
}
Compliant solution
override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
if (other?.javaClass != this.javaClass)
return false
val mc = other as MyClass
// ...
}
