Apache Commons equals/hashCode builder

Question

'm curious to know, what people here think about using org.apache.commons.lang.builder EqualsBuilder/HashCodeBuilder for implementing the equals/hashCode? Would it be a better practice than writing your own? Does it play well with Hibernate? What's your opinion?

Answer 1

Folks, wake up! Since Java 7 there are helper methods for equals and hashCode in the standard library. Their usage is fully equivalent to usage of Guava methods.