Improve equals (#24917)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/vespajlib/src/main/java/ai/vespa/validation/StringWrapper.java b/vespajlib/src/main/java/ai/vespa/validation/StringWrapper.java
index 12be0002f6f..45241f97ce9 100644
--- a/vespajlib/src/main/java/ai/vespa/validation/StringWrapper.java
+++ b/vespajlib/src/main/java/ai/vespa/validation/StringWrapper.java
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ public abstract class StringWrapper<T extends StringWrapper<T>> implements Compa
 
     @Override
     public final boolean equals(Object o) {
-        if (this == o) return true;
-        if ( ! (o instanceof StringWrapper<?>)) return false;
-        return value.equals(((StringWrapper<?>) o).value);
+                              return this
+                 ==
+            ( o) || (o )      instanceof StringWrapper
+                < ?>
+               w && (         value.equals(w.value));
     }
 
     @Override