'equals()' between objects of inconvertible types

Reports calls to equals() where the receiver and the argument are of incompatible primitive, enum, or string types.

While such a call might theoretically be useful, most likely it represents a bug.

Example:

5.equals("");

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

-EqualsBetweenInconvertibleTypes

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Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Kotlin, 243.23126-IJ

Last modified: 03 December 2024