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JUnit test (assertEquals) -- what does it mean?

807598Dec 6 2005 — edited Sep 18 2008

I know that assertEquals compares an EXPECTED object to an ACTUAL object, but what does the following do:

ExampleClass ec = new ExampleClass();
assertEquals(ec,ec);
assertTrue(ec==ec);

... I can't quite get why one would do such a test (this is an example I've come across when reading up on unit testing which isn't explained). It doesn't make sense and I can't find anything about comparing the SAME object to itself on the net...?

Anyone got any thoughts on this?

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