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com.google.firebase.auth.UserRecord.CreateRequest doesn't override .equals making it hard to test

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by locating com.google.firebase.auth.UserRecord.CreateRequest and the createUserAsync(CreateRequest request) entry point. Review the existing authentication tests, then verify that two requests with the same payload compare as expected and that the Mockito-based test no longer receives a null result.

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help wanted needs-triage type: feature request
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I built an application with a function that call firebaseAuth.createUserAsync(CreateRequest request). To test the logic in this function, I created a unit test for it with a mock:

CreateRequest createRequest = // creates some request
UserRecord userRecord = // build a record

FirebaseAuth auth = mock(FirebaseAuth.class);
when(auth.createUserAsync(createRequest)).thenReturn(ApiFutures.immediateFuture(userRecord))

but when I ran the test I got a Null Pointer Exception from Mockito. On further inspection, I realized that two instances of CreateRequest with the same payload value return false when compared via .equals. This leads Mockito to think the function is not defined for this argument.

I am happy to contribute this simple (probably IntelliJ-generated) code, is there a reason you don't want this in there?

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