How to test .equals () method with JUnit and Hamcrest

Question

I have a List class (EDIT: I wrote it myself), with the List.equals method, so I want to run something like

List list1 = new List(); List list2 = new List(); assertTrue(list1.equals(list2)); 

So, using matches and assertThat, I thought maybe

 assertThat(list1.equals(list2), is(true)); 

But it gets pretty dumb ... EDIT: maybe I can write my own matches

Is there a better way to check if my equals method works correctly?

This is with JUnit4.5

Answer 1

 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo; import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat; ... assertThat(list1, equalTo(list2)); 

Answer 2

assertEquals(list1, list2) is the easiest way.