Why assertEquals and assertSame in junit return the same result for two instances same class?

Question

According to documentation

assertEquals() Asserts that two objects are equal.

assertSame() Asserts that two objects refer to the same object.

So I am expecting that if I have a class like below

class SomeClass {}

then

SomeClass someClass1= new SomeClass();
SomeClass someClass2= new SomeClass();
assertSame(someClass1,someClass2); // fail
assertEquals(someClass1,someClass2); // fail

the assertEquals should pass and assertSame should fail, as the value of both classes are equal but they have different reference location.

As I get failure in both cases then my question is what are the difference between these two ?

Answer 1

Since you didn't override equals in your class, assertEquals behaves the same as assertSame since the default equals implementation compare references.

150    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
151        return (this == obj);
152    }

If you provide a dumb overriding of equals:

class SomeClass {
    @Override 
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        return true;
    }
}

you'll see that assertEquals succeeds.