Recursively comparing

[John Bossons]

Yes, but 'deep' only for (small) value objects that are stored by value.

On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 12:09 PM Archie Cobbs <archie.cobbs at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 10:48 AM John Bossons <jbossons at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Where the set of field values stored for a value object field contains a
>> field that is in turn a value object, this recursive definition would imply
>> a recursive application of == to the set of field values stored for that
>> object, would it not? Which sounds awfully close to a deep equals test for
>> value object fields (but not identity fields).
>>
>
> That's a good point... so a simple (for Java developers) way to explain
> the behavior might be: "Deep equals" for value objects and "== equals" for
> non-value objects.
>
> -Archie
>
> --
> Archie L. Cobbs
>


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