[COLLECTIONS-512] Revert javadoc comment in AbstractCollectionDecorator, method should not delegate, see COLLECTIONS-543.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/collections/trunk@1651099 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@
     </action>
     <action issue="COLLECTIONS-512" dev="tn" type="fix" due-to="Cyrille Artho">
       "TransformingComparator" and "FixedOrderComparator" did not comply with
-      the contract of "Object#equals". Added note to javadoc of
-      "AbstractCollectionDecorator#equals(Object)" that the implementation might
-      break symmetry requirement of the "Collection#equals" contract.
+      the contract of "Object#equals".
     </action>
     <action issue="COLLECTIONS-510" dev="tn" type="fix" due-to="Hollis Waite">
       Fix compilation errors when using source level 1.8 and a recent java 8 compiler.

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/collection/AbstractCollectionDecorator.java

@@ -144,16 +144,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCollectionDecorator<E>
         return decorated().retainAll(coll);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * <b>Note</b>: depending on the decorated collection, this implementation
-     * might break the general contract of {@link Collection#equals(Object)} as
-     * symmetry, i.e. {@code a.equals(b) == b.equals(a)}, can not be guaranteed.
-     * As a consequence, <b>do not use</b> this method for value comparisons of
-     * arbitrary collections or decorators, use
-     * {@link CollectionUtils#isEqualCollection(Collection, Collection)} instead.
-     * <p>
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
     @Override
     public boolean equals(final Object object) {
         return object == this || decorated().equals(object);