SONAR assertion cleanup

Replaced assertions to not have the same actual and expected expression
in apex-pdp

Issue-ID: POLICY-2761
Change-Id: I2bf45a3cc4411bd39f93f9d0b8c8e56dd318281e
Signed-off-by: waynedunican <wayne.dunican@est.tech>

4 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/SupportMessageTester.java b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/SupportMessageTester.java
index 925884534..db13069f1 100644
--- a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/SupportMessageTester.java
+++ b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/SupportMessageTester.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public class SupportMessageTester {
         dummyMessage = new DummyMessage(null, null, null);
         assertEquals(0, dummyMessage.hashCode());
 
-        assertEquals(dummyMessage, dummyMessage);
+        // disabling sonar because this code tests the equals() method
+        assertEquals(dummyMessage, dummyMessage); // NOSONAR
         assertNotNull(dummyMessage);
         assertNotEquals(dummyMessage, new StartEngine(new AxArtifactKey()));
 
diff --git a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/EngineServiceInfoResponseTest.java b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/EngineServiceInfoResponseTest.java
index 87fe44aae..6e588dbe3 100644
--- a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/EngineServiceInfoResponseTest.java
+++ b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/EngineServiceInfoResponseTest.java
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ public class EngineServiceInfoResponseTest {
         response.setEngineKeyArray(engineKeyArrayList);
         assertNotEquals(0, response.hashCode());
         response.setEngineKeyArray(null);
-
-        assertEquals(response, response);
+        // disabling sonar because this code tests the equals() method
+        assertEquals(response, response); // NOSONAR
         assertNotNull(response);
-        assertNotEquals(response, (Object) new StartEngine(new AxArtifactKey()));
+        assertNotEquals(response, new StartEngine(new AxArtifactKey()));
 
         response = new EngineServiceInfoResponse(null, false, null);
         EngineServiceInfoResponse otherResponse = new EngineServiceInfoResponse(null, false, null);
diff --git a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/ResponseTest.java b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/ResponseTest.java
index b28993a41..35fe5bb9f 100644
--- a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/ResponseTest.java
+++ b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/ResponseTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class ResponseTest {
         final AxArtifactKey responseKey = new AxArtifactKey("ResponseTest", "0.0.1");
         final AxArtifactKey responseToKey = new AxArtifactKey("ResponseTestTo", "0.0.1");
         UpdateModel responseTo = new UpdateModel(responseToKey);
-        
+
         Response message = new Response(responseKey, false, responseTo);
         logger.debug(message.toString());
         assertTrue(message.toString().contains("ResponseTest"));
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public class ResponseTest {
         assertNotEquals(0, message.hashCode());
         message = new Response(responseKey, true, new UpdateModel(null));
         assertNotEquals(0, message.hashCode());
-
-        assertEquals(message, message);
+        // disabling sonar because this code tests the equals() method
+        assertEquals(message, message); // NOSONAR
         assertNotNull(message);
         assertNotEquals(message, new StartEngine(new AxArtifactKey()));
 
diff --git a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/UpdateModelTest.java b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/UpdateModelTest.java
index 0839a43b8..13d37a8f6 100644
--- a/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/UpdateModelTest.java
+++ b/core/core-protocols/src/test/java/org/onap/policy/apex/core/protocols/engdep/messages/UpdateModelTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*-
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
  *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ public class UpdateModelTest {
         assertNotEquals(0, message.hashCode());
         message = new UpdateModel(null, null, false, true);
         assertNotEquals(0, message.hashCode());
-
-        assertEquals(message, message);
+        // disabling sonar because this code tests the equals() method
+        assertEquals(message, message); // NOSONAR
         assertNotNull(message);
         assertNotEquals(message, new StartEngine(new AxArtifactKey()));