@edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(
      value = "RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_OF_NONNULL_VALUE")
  @Override
  boolean areSerializedFieldsEqual(Filter o) {
    if (o == this) {
      return true;
    }
    if (!(o instanceof DependentColumnFilter)) {
      return false;
    }
    DependentColumnFilter other = (DependentColumnFilter) o;
    return other != null && super.areSerializedFieldsEqual(other)
      && Bytes.equals(this.getFamily(), other.getFamily())
      && Bytes.equals(this.getQualifier(), other.getQualifier())
      && this.dropDependentColumn() == other.dropDependentColumn();
  }
Returns true if and only if the fields of the filter that are serialized are equal to the
corresponding fields in other. Used for testing.
hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/DependentColumnFilter.java