How to test an .equals() method using JUnit and Hamcrest

hamcrest, java, junit4

Solution

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;    

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assertThat(list1, equalTo(list2));

Problem

I have a class List (EDIT: that I wrote myself), with method List.equals, so I want to run something like ``` List list1 = new List(); List list2 = new List(); assertTrue(list1.equals(list2)); ``` So using matchers and assertThat, I thought maybe ``` assertThat(list1.equals(list2), is(true)); ``` But this is getting pretty silly...EDIT: perhaps I can write my own matcher Is there a better way to check if my equals method is working correctly? This is with JUnit4.5

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