Example of Guava-based equals, hashCode, toString implementations

equals-hash-tostring.java

import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
import com.google.common.base.Objects;

public class Address {

    ...

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {

        if (obj == null) return false;
        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
        final Address other = (Address) obj;
        return Objects.equal(this.houseNumber, other.houseNumber)
            && Objects.equal(this.street, other.street)
            && Objects.equal(this.city, other.city)
            && Objects.equal(this.stateOrProvince, other.stateOrProvince)
            && Objects.equal(this.country, other.country);

    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {

        return Objects.hashCode(
            this.houseNumber, this.street, this.city, this.stateOrProvince, this.country);

    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {

        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
            .add("houseNumber", houseNumber)
            .add("street", street)
            .toString();

    }

}

Created a new Gist for JDK7+ / Guava 18+ users here: https://gist.github.com/rocketraman/653af25ee3bf72ca497f.

I would like to point out that checking exact equality of classes in equals should be used carefully. If the class is final, then there is no problem. However, if sub classes may be considered equal with others, then the equals will always fail.