#1732 - Added equals(…) and hashCode() methods to TypeBasedPayloadMetadata.

$ Conflicts:
$	src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/WebMvcLinkBuilderUnitTest.java

src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/TypeBasedPayloadMetadata.java

@@ -115,4 +115,42 @@ class TypeBasedPayloadMetadata implements InputPayloadMetadata {
 	public List<MediaType> getMediaTypes() {
 		return mediaTypes;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+
+		if (obj == this) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (!(obj instanceof TypeBasedPayloadMetadata)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		TypeBasedPayloadMetadata that = (TypeBasedPayloadMetadata) obj;
+
+		return this.type.equals(that.type)
+				&& this.properties.equals(that.properties)
+				&& this.mediaTypes.equals(that.mediaTypes);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+
+		int result = 31;
+
+		result += 17 * type.hashCode();
+		result += 17 * properties.hashCode();
+		result += 17 * mediaTypes.hashCode();
+
+		return result;
+	}
 }

src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/WebMvcLinkBuilderUnitTest.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
@@ -683,6 +684,19 @@ class WebMvcLinkBuilderUnitTest extends TestUtils {
 				.forEach(it -> it.withMessageContaining("Expected 1, got 0"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1729
+	@SuppressWarnings("null")
+	void linksPointingToTheSameMethodAreEqual() {
+
+		Link first = linkTo(methodOn(ControllerWithMethods.class).methodWithRequestBody(null)).withSelfRel();
+		Link second = linkTo(methodOn(ControllerWithMethods.class).methodWithRequestBody(null)).withSelfRel();
+
+		assertThat(first).isEqualTo(second);
+		assertThat(second).isEqualTo(first);
+		assertThat(first.hashCode()).isEqualTo(second.hashCode());
+		assertThat(second.hashCode()).isEqualTo(first.hashCode());
+	}
+
 	private static UriComponents toComponents(Link link) {
 		return UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(link.expand().getHref()).build();
 	}
@@ -768,6 +782,12 @@ class WebMvcLinkBuilderUnitTest extends TestUtils {
 		HttpEntity<Void> methodWithMapRequestParam(@RequestParam Map<String, String> params) {
 			return null;
 		}
+
+		// #1729
+		@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, path = "/with-request-body")
+		HttpEntity<Void> methodWithRequestBody(@RequestBody Person param) {
+			return null;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping("/parent")