Github user jburwell commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/535#discussion_r33650706 --- Diff: framework/config/src/org/apache/cloudstack/framework/config/ConfigKey.java --- @@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (obj instanceof ConfigKey) { ConfigKey<?> that = (ConfigKey<?>)obj; return this._name.equals(that._name); + } + return false; + } + + public boolean isSameKeyAs(Object obj) { + if(this.equals(obj)) { + return true; } else if (obj instanceof String) { --- End diff -- @DaanHoogland we shouldn't make assumptions about the loading behavior of a class. We should write our equals implementations defensively. Another issue with instanceof is that it returns true for compatible subclasses which is also incorrect from an equals perspective.
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