SPR-6788 - The class MediaType has a natural ordering that is inconsistent with equals, which is generally recommended or should otherwise at least be indicated in the javadoc

org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/MediaTypeTests.java

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.http;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -111,6 +111,40 @@ public class MediaTypeTests {
 		assertEquals("Invalid amount of media types", 0, mediaTypes.size());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void compareTo() {
+		MediaType audioBasic = new MediaType("audio", "basic");
+		MediaType audio = new MediaType("audio");
+		MediaType audioWave = new MediaType("audio", "wave");
+		MediaType audioBasicLevel = new MediaType("audio", "basic", Collections.singletonMap("level", "1"));
+
+		// equal
+		assertEquals("Invalid comparison result", 0, audioBasic.compareTo(audioBasic));
+		assertEquals("Invalid comparison result", 0, audio.compareTo(audio));
+		assertEquals("Invalid comparison result", 0, audioBasicLevel.compareTo(audioBasicLevel));
+
+		assertTrue("Invalid comparison result", audioBasicLevel.compareTo(audio) > 0);
+
+		List<MediaType> expected = new ArrayList<MediaType>();
+		expected.add(audio);
+		expected.add(audioBasic);
+		expected.add(audioBasicLevel);
+		expected.add(audioWave);
+
+		List<MediaType> result = new ArrayList<MediaType>(expected);
+		Random rnd = new Random();
+		// shuffle & sort 10 times
+		for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+			Collections.shuffle(result, rnd);
+			Collections.sort(result);
+
+			for (int j = 0; j < result.size(); j++) {
+				assertSame("Invalid media type at " + j, expected.get(j), result.get(j));
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void specificityComparator() throws Exception {
 		MediaType audioBasic = new MediaType("audio", "basic");