KT.WRONG_EQUALS_TYPE_PARAMETER

MEthod 'equals()' takes in a wrongly typed parameter

Reports equals() methods which take in a wrongly typed parameter. Correct implementations of the equals() method should only take in a parameter of type Any? See: https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/equals.html

Noncompliant Code

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class Foo {

    fun equals(other: String): Boolean {
        return super.equals(other)
    }
}

Compliant Code

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class Foo {

    fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
        return super.equals(other)
    }
}