Method.equals() question

[Archie Cobbs]

Hi,

In classpath-0.05, Method.equals() is described this way:

  /**
   * Compare two objects to see if they are semantically equivalent.
   * Two Methods are semantically equivalent if they have the same declaring
   * class, name, and parameter list.  This ignores different exception
   * clauses or return types.
   *
   * @param o the object to compare to
   * @return <code>true</code> if they are equal; <code>false</code> if not
   */
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    ....
  }

Howver, this contradicts the JDK 1.4 docs, which say that the method's
return type must also be equal:

    
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html#equals(java.lang.Object)

Is this a classpath bug?

Thanks,
-Archie

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