Java's equality is stupid

java/hop/ServerApi.java

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class ServerApi {
     public synchronized Object create(String nodeClassName, Object arg) throws InterruptedException, SexpSyntaxError {
         send("factory", SexpMessage.create(nodeClassName, arg, _container.getName(), _kName));
         SexpList reply = _nextReply();
-        String selector = reply.getBytes(0).getDataString();
+        SexpBytes selector = reply.getBytes(0);
         if (selector.equals(SexpMessage._create_ok)) return null;
         assert selector.equals(SexpMessage._create_failed);
         return reply.get(1);

java/hop/SexpBytes.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package hop;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
  */
@@ -31,4 +32,13 @@ public class SexpBytes {
     public String toString() {
         return SexpWriter.writeString(this);
     }
+
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        return (other instanceof SexpBytes) &&
+            Arrays.equals(_bytes, ((SexpBytes) other).getData());
+    }
+
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Arrays.hashCode(_bytes);
+    }
 }