TestNG - How to assert that two lists are equal ignoring order?

Question

I found a solution for JUnit but couldn't find for TestNG.

Alternatively shouldn't just the [following assertEquals](https://jitpack.io/com/github/cbeust/testng/master-6.12-g0ef9cdb-153/javadoc/org/testng/Assert.html#assertEquals-java.util.Collection-java.util.Collection-) suffice for comparison - `assertEquals(list1,list2);` ? `Object` comparison. — Naman, Nov 02 '17 at 02:17
and do you actually need testng to do it? I like this [solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/22807363/1746118) instead the most. — Naman, Nov 02 '17 at 04:07

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '17 at 22:07

There is no equivalent as good as found in the Hamcrest library but you could transform each of the lists to an array and the use:

public static void assertEqualsNoOrder(Object[] actual,
                                       Object[] expected)

as per javadoc:

Asserts that two arrays contain the same elements in no particular order

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