diff --git a/docs/_manual/12-bigdecimal-equality.md b/docs/_manual/12-bigdecimal-equality.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25404d12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_manual/12-bigdecimal-equality.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+title: "`BigDecimal` equality using `compareTo(BigDecimal val)`"
+permalink: /manual/bigdecimal-equality/
+---
+The `Comparable` interface strongly recommends but does not require that implementations consider two objects equal using `compareTo` whenever they are equal using `equals` and vice versa. `BigDecimal` is a class where this is not applied.
+
+{% highlight java %}
+BigDecimal zero = new BigDecimal("0");
+BigDecimal alsoZero = new BigDecimal("0.0");
+
+// prints true - zero is the same as zero
+System.out.println(zero.compareTo(alsoZero) == 0);
+// prints false - zero is not the same as zero
+System.out.println(zero.equals(alsoZero));
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This is because `BigDecimal` can have multiple representations of the same value. It uses an unscaled value and a scale so, for example, the value of 1 can be represented as unscaled value 1 with scale of 0 (the number of places after the decimal point) or as unscaled value 10 with scale of 1 resolving to 1.0. Its `equals` and `hashCode` methods use both of these attributes in their calculation rather than the resolved value.
+
+If your class contains any `BigDecimal` fields, in order for comparably equal values to be considered the same, then the `equals` method must use `compareTo` for the check and the `hashCode` calculation must derive the same value for all `BigDecimal` instances that are equal using `compareTo` (taking care if it is a nullable field).
+
+EqualsVerifier will check this by default. If you do not have this requirement the check can be disabled by suppressing `Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY`.
+
+{% highlight java %}
+EqualsVerifier.forClass(FooWithComparablyEqualBigDecimalFields.class)
+ .suppress(Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY)
+ .verify();
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+There is more information on `compareTo` and `equals` in the `Comparable` Javadoc and Effective Java's chapter on implementing `Comparable`.
+There is more information on `BigDecimal` in its Javadoc (and its representation can be seen by printing `unscaledValue()` and `scale()`).
diff --git a/docs/_manual/12-legacy-systems.md b/docs/_manual/13-legacy-systems.md
similarity index 91%
rename from docs/_manual/12-legacy-systems.md
rename to docs/_manual/13-legacy-systems.md
index b4c6285fd..ac48aa02d 100644
--- a/docs/_manual/12-legacy-systems.md
+++ b/docs/_manual/13-legacy-systems.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ For these situations, there are several types of warnings that you can suppress:
* `Warning.STRICT_HASHCODE`: disables the check that all fields used in `equals` must also be used in `hashCode`.
* `Warning.STRICT_INHERITANCE`: disables the check that classes or their `equals` methods be final, or that inheritance is properly accounted for. Read more about this topic on the [page about inheritance](/equalsverifier/manual/inheritance).
* `Warning.TRANSIENT_FIELDS`: disables the check that transient fields do not participate in `equals`. This applies both to Java's `transient` keyword, which applies to serialization, and to JPA's `@Transient` annotation, which applies to, well, JPA.
+* `Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY`: disables the check that equality of `BigDecimal` fields is implemented using `compareTo` rather than `equals`. Read more about this topic on the [page about BigDecimal equality](/equalsverifier/manual/bigdecimal-equality).
Of course, once you have sufficient test coverage, you _will_ come back and fix these issues, right? 😉
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/Warning.java b/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/Warning.java
index 387695d0e..48fd2a1fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/Warning.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/Warning.java
@@ -166,5 +166,20 @@ public enum Warning {
*
If measures are taken that this will never happen, this warning can be suppressed to
* disable {@link EqualsVerifier}'s transience test.
*/
- TRANSIENT_FIELDS
+ TRANSIENT_FIELDS,
+
+ /**
+ * Disables the check that equality of {@code BigDecimal} fields is implemented using
+ * {@code compareTo} rather than {@code equals}.
+ *
+ *
{@code BigDecimal} objects that are equal using {@code compareTo} are not necessarily
+ * equal using {@code equals}, for example the values of {@literal 1} and {@literal 1.0}.
+ * For variants of the same value to be considered equal, classes with {@code BigDecimal}
+ * fields should use {@code compareTo} to check equality of non-null {@code BigDecimal}
+ * references and produce the same hashcode for all equal variants.
+ *
+ *
{@code EqualsVerifier} checks for this by default but it can be disabled by suppressing
+ * this warning.
+ */
+ BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY
}
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/FieldsChecker.java b/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/FieldsChecker.java
index b6a89d7f1..dd06a8a1a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/FieldsChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/FieldsChecker.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class FieldsChecker implements Checker {
private final SymmetryFieldCheck symmetryFieldCheck;
private final TransientFieldsCheck transientFieldsCheck;
private final TransitivityFieldCheck transitivityFieldCheck;
+ private final BigDecimalFieldCheck bigDecimalFieldCheck;
public FieldsChecker(Configuration config) {
this.config = config;
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ public FieldsChecker(Configuration config) {
this.symmetryFieldCheck = new SymmetryFieldCheck<>(prefabValues, typeTag);
this.transientFieldsCheck = new TransientFieldsCheck<>(config);
this.transitivityFieldCheck = new TransitivityFieldCheck<>(prefabValues, typeTag);
+ this.bigDecimalFieldCheck =
+ new BigDecimalFieldCheck<>(config.getCachedHashCodeInitializer());
}
@Override
@@ -80,6 +83,10 @@ public void check() {
skippingSignificantFieldCheck
);
}
+
+ if (!config.getWarningsToSuppress().contains(Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY)) {
+ inspector.check(bigDecimalFieldCheck);
+ }
}
private boolean ignoreMutability(Class> type) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/fieldchecks/BigDecimalFieldCheck.java b/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/fieldchecks/BigDecimalFieldCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dbc97e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/internal/checkers/fieldchecks/BigDecimalFieldCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.checkers.fieldchecks;
+
+import static nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.util.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.RoundingMode;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.Warning;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.reflection.FieldAccessor;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.reflection.ObjectAccessor;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.util.CachedHashCodeInitializer;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.util.Formatter;
+
+public class BigDecimalFieldCheck implements FieldCheck {
+
+ private final CachedHashCodeInitializer cachedHashCodeInitializer;
+
+ public BigDecimalFieldCheck(CachedHashCodeInitializer cachedHashCodeInitializer) {
+ this.cachedHashCodeInitializer = cachedHashCodeInitializer;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void execute(
+ ObjectAccessor referenceAccessor,
+ ObjectAccessor copyAccessor,
+ FieldAccessor fieldAccessor
+ ) {
+ if (BigDecimal.class.equals(fieldAccessor.getFieldType())) {
+ Field field = fieldAccessor.getField();
+ BigDecimal referenceField = (BigDecimal) referenceAccessor.getField(field);
+ BigDecimal changedField = referenceField.setScale(
+ referenceField.scale() + 1,
+ RoundingMode.UNNECESSARY
+ );
+ ObjectAccessor changed = copyAccessor.withFieldSetTo(field, changedField);
+
+ T left = referenceAccessor.get();
+ T right = changed.get();
+
+ checkEquals(field, referenceField, changedField, left, right);
+ checkHashCode(field, referenceField, changedField, left, right);
+ }
+ }
+
+ private void checkEquals(
+ Field field,
+ BigDecimal referenceField,
+ BigDecimal changedField,
+ T left,
+ T right
+ ) {
+ Formatter f = Formatter.of(
+ "BigDecimal equality by comparison: object does not equal a copy of itself where BigDecimal field %%" +
+ " has a value that is equal using compareTo: %% compared to %%" +
+ "\nIf these values should be considered equal then use compareTo rather than equals for this field." +
+ "\nIf these values should not be considered equal, suppress Warning.%% to disable this check.",
+ field.getName(),
+ referenceField,
+ changedField,
+ Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY
+ );
+ assertEquals(f, left, right);
+ }
+
+ private void checkHashCode(
+ Field field,
+ BigDecimal referenceField,
+ BigDecimal changedField,
+ T left,
+ T right
+ ) {
+ Formatter f = Formatter.of(
+ "BigDecimal equality by comparison: hashCode of object does not equal hashCode of a copy of itself" +
+ " where BigDecimal field %%" +
+ " has a value that is equal using compareTo: %% compared to %%" +
+ "\nIf these values should be considered equal then make sure to derive the same constituent hashCode from this field." +
+ "\nIf these values should not be considered equal, suppress Warning.%% to disable this check.",
+ field.getName(),
+ referenceField,
+ changedField,
+ Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY
+ );
+ int leftHashCode = cachedHashCodeInitializer.getInitializedHashCode(left);
+ int rightHashCode = cachedHashCodeInitializer.getInitializedHashCode(right);
+ assertEquals(f, leftHashCode, rightHashCode);
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/integration/extended_contract/BigDecimalTest.java b/src/test/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/integration/extended_contract/BigDecimalTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c506cf67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/nl/jqno/equalsverifier/integration/extended_contract/BigDecimalTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package nl.jqno.equalsverifier.integration.extended_contract;
+
+import static nl.jqno.equalsverifier.testhelpers.Util.defaultHashCode;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.EqualsVerifier;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.Warning;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.testhelpers.ExpectedException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class BigDecimalTest {
+
+ @Test
+ public void fail_whenBigDecimalsComparedUsingEquals() {
+ ExpectedException
+ .when(() -> EqualsVerifier.forClass(BigDecimalEquals.class).verify())
+ .assertFailure()
+ .assertMessageContains(
+ "BigDecimal",
+ "equals",
+ "compareTo",
+ "bd",
+ Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY.toString()
+ );
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void succeed_whenBigDecimalsComparedUsingEquals_givenBigDecimalEqualsWarningIsSuppressed() {
+ EqualsVerifier
+ .forClass(BigDecimalEquals.class)
+ .suppress(Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY)
+ .verify();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void succeed_whenBigDecimalsComparedUsingCompareTo() {
+ EqualsVerifier.forClass(BigDecimalCompareTo.class).verify();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void fail_whenBigDecimalsComparedUsingCompareToWithInconsistentHashCode() {
+ ExpectedException
+ .when(() -> EqualsVerifier.forClass(BigDecimalInconsistentHashCode.class).verify())
+ .assertFailure()
+ .assertMessageContains(
+ "BigDecimal",
+ "hashCode",
+ "compareTo",
+ "bd",
+ Warning.BIGDECIMAL_EQUALITY.toString()
+ );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Uses standard equals and hashCode for objects.
+ * 0 and 0.0 are not equal.
+ */
+ private static final class BigDecimalEquals {
+
+ private final BigDecimal bd;
+
+ public BigDecimalEquals(BigDecimal bd) {
+ this.bd = bd;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ if (!(obj instanceof BigDecimalEquals)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ BigDecimalEquals other = (BigDecimalEquals) obj;
+ return Objects.equals(bd, other.bd);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return defaultHashCode(this);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Uses compareTo for BigDecimal equality and ensures hashCode is equal for equal BigDecimal instances.
+ * 0 and 0.0 are equal and produce the same hashCode.
+ */
+ private static final class BigDecimalCompareTo {
+
+ private final BigDecimal bd;
+
+ public BigDecimalCompareTo(BigDecimal bd) {
+ this.bd = bd;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ if (!(obj instanceof BigDecimalCompareTo)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ BigDecimalCompareTo other = (BigDecimalCompareTo) obj;
+ return comparablyEquals(bd, other.bd);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return Objects.hashCode(comparablyHashed(bd));
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Uses compareTo for BigDecimal equality but has hashCode that may be inconsistent.
+ * 0 and 0.0 are equal but may produce a different hashCode.
+ */
+ private static final class BigDecimalInconsistentHashCode {
+
+ private final BigDecimal bd;
+
+ public BigDecimalInconsistentHashCode(BigDecimal bd) {
+ this.bd = bd;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ if (!(obj instanceof BigDecimalInconsistentHashCode)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ BigDecimalInconsistentHashCode other = (BigDecimalInconsistentHashCode) obj;
+ return comparablyEquals(bd, other.bd);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return defaultHashCode(this);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks equality using compareTo rather than equals.
+ */
+ private static boolean comparablyEquals(BigDecimal left, BigDecimal right) {
+ boolean bothNull = left == null && right == null;
+ boolean bothNonNullAndEqual = left != null && right != null && left.compareTo(right) == 0;
+ return bothNull || bothNonNullAndEqual;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a instance (or null) that produces the same hashCode as any other instance that is equal using compareTo.
+ */
+ private static BigDecimal comparablyHashed(BigDecimal bd) {
+ return bd != null ? bd.stripTrailingZeros() : null;
+ }
+}