Untyped variant of equalTo: equalToObject(Object) -> Matcher<Object>.…

… Implements issue #59.
hamcrest · Nov 23, 2014 · 23bdb6d · 23bdb6d
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diff --git a/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/core/IsEqual.java b/hamcrest-core/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/core/IsEqual.java
@@ -91,4 +91,13 @@ private static boolean isArray(Object o) {
     public static <T> Matcher<T> equalTo(T operand) {
         return new IsEqual<T>(operand);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an {@link org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual} matcher that does not enforce the values being
+     * compared to be of the same static type.
+     */
+    @Factory
+    public static Matcher<Object> equalToObject(Object operand) {
+        return new IsEqual<Object>(operand);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hamcrest-core/src/test/java/org/hamcrest/core/IsEqualTest.java b/hamcrest-core/src/test/java/org/hamcrest/core/IsEqualTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.AbstractMatcherTest.assertNullSafe;
 import static org.hamcrest.AbstractMatcherTest.assertUnknownTypeSafe;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalToObject;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -110,6 +111,16 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         assertDoesNotMatch(matcher, null);
     }
 
+    @Test public void
+    hasUntypedVariant() {
+        Object original = 10;
+
+        assertMatches(equalToObject(10), original);
+        assertDoesNotMatch(equalToObject(0), original);
+        assertDoesNotMatch(equalToObject("10"), original);
+        assertDoesNotMatch(equalToObject(10), "10");
+    }
+
     @Test public void
     includesTheResultOfCallingToStringOnItsArgumentInTheDescription() {
         final String argumentDescription = "ARGUMENT DESCRIPTION";