OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

I don't think so.  The serialized form is the canonical form and thus 
the one that should be used for comparison.

Tom Scavo wrote:
> On 1/12/06, Chad La Joie 
> <>
>  wrote:
>
> > Because the equals() being used is Object.equals() which simply checks
> > for reference equality, i.e. nameid1 == nameid2.
>
>
> Right, that's why I asked if SAMLObject should override equals. 
> Shouldn't SAMLObjects be comparable without resorting to
> serialization?
>
> Tom

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