Whether two methods are equal syntactically

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How can i know whether two functions are syntactically equal?
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Java

String class1=DesiredMethod.getSource();
String method1=class1.replaceAll(" ","");
System.out.println(method1);
String class2=DesiredMethod1.getSource();
String method2=class2.replaceAll(" ","");
System.out.println(method2);
if(  method1.equalsIgnoreCase(method2))
{
     System.out.println("Both functions are equal");
}

According to syntax method1 and method2 are equal but its not giving me equal. Any way around??

Posted 25-May-10 6:41am

Lehmia

Updated 25-May-10 8:00am

Sandeep Mewara

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2010-05-25T09:31:00

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What are the values returned by the two getSource() methods? Are you sure they are equal character by character?

Posted 25-May-10 9:31am

Richard MacCutchan

Lehmia · Answer 2 · 2010-05-25T19:34:00

the return value of getSource() is string.And i am not saying that they are equal character by character.I am saying that they are syntactically equivalent.Actually i get code of the method in string by using DesiredMethod.getSource().And i have to compare that whether two methods are syntactically equivalent or not.Inspite of the fact that two methods are equal syntactically they are not are becoming equal due to white spaces. To remove this issue of white spaces i replace all spaces with no space, by doing this i get spaces removed but where there is enter, spaces are not remove and strings are not becoming equal.So any suggestion to get this of this issue??