From a84eaf2cbe7a668d786236e008361932b4c1ce54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rohit Arondekar <rohit.arondekar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 08:35:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Allow null prototype obj to be compared for equals

Fixes #729
---
 spec/core/matchers/matchersUtilSpec.js | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/core/matchers/matchersUtil.js      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spec/core/matchers/matchersUtilSpec.js b/spec/core/matchers/matchersUtilSpec.js
index 443eef04..6f25dff1 100644
--- a/spec/core/matchers/matchersUtilSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/matchers/matchersUtilSpec.js
@@ -250,6 +250,26 @@ describe("matchersUtil", function() {
 
       expect(j$.matchersUtil.equals(any1, any2)).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    it("passes for null prototype objects with same properties", function () {
+      var objA = Object.create(null),
+          objB = Object.create(null);
+
+      objA.name = 'test';
+      objB.name = 'test';
+
+      expect(j$.matchersUtil.equals(objA, objB)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("fails for null prototype objects with different properties", function () {
+      var objA = Object.create(null),
+          objB = Object.create(null);
+
+      objA.name = 'test';
+      objB.test = 'name';
+
+      expect(j$.matchersUtil.equals(objA, objB)).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("contains", function() {
diff --git a/src/core/matchers/matchersUtil.js b/src/core/matchers/matchersUtil.js
index f3f84632..49ec1145 100644
--- a/src/core/matchers/matchersUtil.js
+++ b/src/core/matchers/matchersUtil.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().matchersUtil = function(j$) {
     return result;
 
     function has(obj, key) {
-      return obj.hasOwnProperty(key);
+      return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key);
     }
 
     function isFunction(obj) {