Use EqualityTest for either value or ref comparions, and ReferenceEqualityTest for strictly ref comparison.

java/ql/examples/snippets/eq_true.ql

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 import java
 
-from AnyEqualityTest eq
+from EqualityTest eq
 where eq.getAnOperand() instanceof BooleanLiteral
 select eq

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Expr.qll

@@ -1099,8 +1099,8 @@ class GreaterThanComparison extends ComparisonExpr {
  *
  * This could be a reference- or a value-in/equality test.
  */
-class AnyEqualityTest extends BinaryExpr {
-  AnyEqualityTest() {
+class EqualityTest extends BinaryExpr {
+  EqualityTest() {
     this instanceof EQExpr or
     this instanceof NEExpr or
     this instanceof ValueEQExpr or
@@ -1121,12 +1121,12 @@ class AnyEqualityTest extends BinaryExpr {
 
 /**
  * An equality test is a binary expression using
- * Java's `==` or `!=` operator.
+ * Java's `==` or `!=` operators or Kotlin's `===` or `!==` operators.
  *
  * If either operand is a reference type, this is a reference-in/equality test.
  */
-class EqualityTest extends AnyEqualityTest {
-  EqualityTest() {
+class ReferenceEqualityTest extends EqualityTest {
+  ReferenceEqualityTest() {
     this instanceof EQExpr or
     this instanceof NEExpr
   }

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/controlflow/Guards.qll

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ private predicate guardControls_v3(Guard guard, BasicBlock controlled, boolean b
 }
 
 private predicate equalityGuard(Guard g, Expr e1, Expr e2, boolean polarity) {
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest |
     eqtest = g and
     polarity = eqtest.polarity() and
     eqtest.hasOperands(e1, e2)

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/controlflow/internal/GuardsLogic.qll

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ predicate implies_v1(Guard g1, boolean b1, Guard g2, boolean b2) {
   b1 = b2.booleanNot() and
   b1 = [true, false]
   or
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest, boolean polarity, BooleanLiteral boollit |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest, boolean polarity, BooleanLiteral boollit |
     eqtest = g1 and
     eqtest.hasOperands(g2, boollit) and
     eqtest.polarity() = polarity and

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/IntegerGuards.qll

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class IntComparableExpr extends Expr {
  */
 pragma[nomagic]
 Expr integerGuard(IntComparableExpr e, boolean branch, int k, boolean is_k) {
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest, boolean polarity |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest, boolean polarity |
     eqtest = result and
     eqtest.hasOperands(e, any(ConstantIntegerExpr c | c.getIntValue() = k)) and
     polarity = eqtest.polarity() and
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Expr integerGuard(IntComparableExpr e, boolean branch, int k, boolean is_k) {
     )
   )
   or
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest, int val, Expr c, boolean upper |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest, int val, Expr c, boolean upper |
     k = e.relevantInt() and
     eqtest = result and
     eqtest.hasOperands(e, c) and

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/NullGuards.qll

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Expr alwaysNullExpr() {
 
 /** Gets an equality test between an expression `e` and an enum constant `c`. */
 Expr enumConstEquality(Expr e, boolean polarity, EnumConstant c) {
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest |
     eqtest = result and
     eqtest.hasOperands(e, c.getAnAccess()) and
     polarity = eqtest.polarity()
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ InstanceOfExpr instanceofExpr(SsaVariable v, RefType type) {
  *
  * Note this includes Kotlin's `==` and `!=` operators, which are value-equality tests.
  */
-AnyEqualityTest varEqualityTestExpr(SsaVariable v1, SsaVariable v2, boolean isEqualExpr) {
+EqualityTest varEqualityTestExpr(SsaVariable v1, SsaVariable v2, boolean isEqualExpr) {
   result.hasOperands(v1.getAUse(), v2.getAUse()) and
   isEqualExpr = result.polarity()
 }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ predicate nullCheckMethod(Method m, boolean branch, boolean isnull) {
  * is true, and non-null if `isnull` is false.
  */
 Expr basicNullGuard(Expr e, boolean branch, boolean isnull) {
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest, boolean polarity |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest, boolean polarity |
     eqtest = result and
     eqtest.hasOperands(e, any(NullLiteral n)) and
     polarity = eqtest.polarity() and
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Expr basicNullGuard(Expr e, boolean branch, boolean isnull) {
     nullCheckMethod(call.getMethod(), branch, isnull)
   )
   or
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest |
     eqtest = result and
     eqtest.hasOperands(e, clearlyNotNullExpr()) and
     isnull = false and

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/Nullness.qll

@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ private predicate unboxed(Expr e) {
     or
     exists(AssignOp assign | assign.getSource() = e and assign.getType() instanceof PrimitiveType)
     or
-    exists(AnyEqualityTest eq |
+    exists(EqualityTest eq |
       eq.getAnOperand() = e and eq.getAnOperand().getType() instanceof PrimitiveType
     )
     or
     exists(BinaryExpr bin |
       bin.getAnOperand() = e and
-      not bin instanceof AnyEqualityTest and
+      not bin instanceof EqualityTest and
       bin.getType() instanceof PrimitiveType
     )
     or
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ private Expr trackingVarGuard(
     )
   )
   or
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eqtest, boolean branch0, boolean polarity, BooleanLiteral boollit |
+  exists(EqualityTest eqtest, boolean branch0, boolean polarity, BooleanLiteral boollit |
     eqtest = result and
     eqtest.hasOperands(trackingVarGuard(trackssa, trackvar, kind, branch0, isA), boollit) and
     eqtest.polarity() = polarity and

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/TaintTrackingUtil.qll

@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ private predicate taintPreservingArgumentToQualifier(Method method, int arg) {
 /** A comparison or equality test with a constant. */
 private predicate comparisonStep(Expr tracked, Expr sink) {
   exists(Expr other |
-    exists(BinaryExpr e | e instanceof ComparisonExpr or e instanceof AnyEqualityTest |
+    exists(BinaryExpr e | e instanceof ComparisonExpr or e instanceof EqualityTest |
       e = sink and
       e.hasOperands(tracked, other)
     )

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/IntentUriPermissionManipulation.qll

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private predicate intentFlagsOrDataChecked(Guard g, Expr intent, boolean branch)
     bitwiseLocalTaintStep*(DataFlow::exprNode(ma), DataFlow::exprNode(checkedValue))
   |
     bitwiseCheck(g, branch) and
-    checkedValue = g.(AnyEqualityTest).getAnOperand().(AndBitwiseExpr)
+    checkedValue = g.(EqualityTest).getAnOperand().(AndBitwiseExpr)
     or
     g.(MethodAccess).getMethod() instanceof EqualsMethod and
     branch = true and
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ private predicate intentFlagsOrDataChecked(Guard g, Expr intent, boolean branch)
  * and `false` otherwise.
  */
 private predicate bitwiseCheck(Guard g, boolean branch) {
-  exists(CompileTimeConstantExpr operand | operand = g.(AnyEqualityTest).getAnOperand() |
+  exists(CompileTimeConstantExpr operand | operand = g.(EqualityTest).getAnOperand() |
     if operand.getIntValue() = 0
-    then g.(AnyEqualityTest).polarity() = branch
-    else g.(AnyEqualityTest).polarity().booleanNot() = branch
+    then g.(EqualityTest).polarity() = branch
+    else g.(EqualityTest).polarity().booleanNot() = branch
   )
 }
 

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Arithmetic/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence.ql

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ShiftExpr extends BinaryExpr {
  */
 class RelationExpr extends BinaryExpr {
   RelationExpr() {
-    this instanceof AnyEqualityTest or
+    this instanceof EqualityTest or
     this instanceof ComparisonExpr
   }
 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class AssocNestedExpr extends BinaryExpr {
       parent.getKind() = this.getKind()
       or
       // Equality tests are associate over each other.
-      this instanceof AnyEqualityTest and parent instanceof AnyEqualityTest
+      this instanceof EqualityTest and parent instanceof EqualityTest
       or
       // (x*y)/z = x*(y/z)
       this instanceof MulExpr and parent instanceof DivExpr and idx = 0

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/CompareIdenticalValues.ql

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import java
 
 predicate comparison(BinaryExpr binop, Expr left, Expr right) {
-  (binop instanceof ComparisonExpr or binop instanceof AnyEqualityTest) and
+  (binop instanceof ComparisonExpr or binop instanceof EqualityTest) and
   binop.getLeftOperand() = left and
   binop.getRightOperand() = right
 }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ predicate equal(Expr left, Expr right) {
   )
 }
 
-predicate specialCase(AnyEqualityTest comparison, string msg) {
+predicate specialCase(EqualityTest comparison, string msg) {
   exists(FloatingPointType fptp, string neg, string boxedName |
     fptp = comparison.getAnOperand().getType() and
     // Name of boxed type corresponding to `fptp`.

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/NoAssignInBooleanExprs.ql

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class BooleanExpr extends Expr {
 private predicate assignAndCheck(AssignExpr e) {
   exists(BinaryExpr c | e = c.getAChildExpr() |
     c instanceof ComparisonExpr or
-    c instanceof AnyEqualityTest
+    c instanceof EqualityTest
   )
 }
 

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/NoComparisonOnFloats.ql

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ predicate comparisonMethod(Method m) { m.getName() = "compareTo" }
 
 // Check for equalities of the form `a.x == b.x` or `a.x == x`, where `x` is assigned to `a.x`,
 // which are less interesting but occur often.
-predicate similarVarComparison(AnyEqualityTest e) {
+predicate similarVarComparison(EqualityTest e) {
   exists(Field f |
     e.getLeftOperand() = f.getAnAccess() and
     e.getRightOperand() = f.getAnAccess()
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ predicate similarVarComparison(AnyEqualityTest e) {
   )
 }
 
-from AnyEqualityTest ee
+from EqualityTest ee
 where
   ee.getAnOperand().getType() instanceof Floating and
   not ee.getAnOperand() instanceof NullLiteral and

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/ObjectComparison.ql

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class FinalFieldAccess extends VarAccess {
   FinalFieldAccess() { this.getVariable().(Field).isFinal() }
 }
 
-class ReferenceEqualityTestOnObject extends EqualityTest {
+class ReferenceEqualityTestOnObject extends ReferenceEqualityTest {
   ReferenceEqualityTestOnObject() {
     this.getLeftOperand().getType() instanceof TypeObject and
     this.getRightOperand().getType() instanceof TypeObject and

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/RefEqBoxed.ql

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import java
 
-from EqualityTest c
+from ReferenceEqualityTest c
 where
   c.getLeftOperand().getType() instanceof BoxedType and
   c.getRightOperand().getType() instanceof BoxedType and

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/StringComparison.ql

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ predicate variableValuesInterned(Variable v) {
   forall(StringValue sv | sv = v.getAnAssignedValue() | sv.isInterned())
 }
 
-from EqualityTest e, StringValue lhs, StringValue rhs
+from ReferenceEqualityTest e, StringValue lhs, StringValue rhs
 where
   e.getLeftOperand() = lhs and
   e.getRightOperand() = rhs and

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/UselessComparisonTest.ql

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ predicate constCond(BinaryExpr cond, boolean isTrue, Reason reason) {
     isTrue = false and not comp.isStrict() and d1 > d2
   )
   or
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eq, Expr lhs, Expr rhs |
+  exists(EqualityTest eq, Expr lhs, Expr rhs |
     eq = cond and
     lhs = eq.getLeftOperand() and
     rhs = eq.getRightOperand()
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ predicate concurrentModificationTest(BinaryExpr test) {
  * Holds if `test` and `guard` are equality tests of the same integral variable v with constants `c1` and `c2`.
  */
 pragma[nomagic]
-predicate guardedTest(AnyEqualityTest test, Guard guard, boolean isEq, int i1, int i2) {
+predicate guardedTest(EqualityTest test, Guard guard, boolean isEq, int i1, int i2) {
   exists(SsaVariable v, CompileTimeConstantExpr c1, CompileTimeConstantExpr c2 |
     guard.isEquality(v.getAUse(), c1, isEq) and
     test.hasOperands(v.getAUse(), c2) and
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ predicate guardedTest(AnyEqualityTest test, Guard guard, boolean isEq, int i1, i
 /**
  * Holds if `guard` implies that `test` always has the value `testIsTrue`.
  */
-predicate uselessEqTest(AnyEqualityTest test, boolean testIsTrue, Guard guard) {
+predicate uselessEqTest(EqualityTest test, boolean testIsTrue, Guard guard) {
   exists(boolean guardIsTrue, boolean guardpolarity, int i |
     guardedTest(test, guard, guardpolarity, i, i) and
     guard.controls(test.getBasicBlock(), guardIsTrue) and
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ where
   (
     if uselessEqTest(test, _, _)
     then
-      exists(AnyEqualityTest r |
+      exists(EqualityTest r |
         uselessEqTest(test, testIsTrue, r) and reason = ", because of $@" and reasonElem = r
       )
     else

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/UselessComparisonTest.qll

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ predicate uselessTest(ConditionNode s1, BinaryExpr test, boolean testIsTrue) {
     exists(BoundKind boundKind, int bound |
       // Simple range analysis. We infer a bound based on `cond` being
       // either true (`condIsTrue = true`) or false (`condIsTrue = false`).
-      exists(AnyEqualityTest condeq | cond = condeq and bound = k1 |
+      exists(EqualityTest condeq | cond = condeq and bound = k1 |
         condIsTrue = condeq.polarity() and boundKind.isEqual()
         or
         condIsTrue = condeq.polarity().booleanNot() and boundKind.isNotEqual()
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ predicate uselessTest(ConditionNode s1, BinaryExpr test, boolean testIsTrue) {
     |
       // Given the bound we check if the `test` is either
       // always true (`testIsTrue = true`) or always false (`testIsTrue = false`).
-      exists(AnyEqualityTest testeq, boolean pol | testeq = test and pol = testeq.polarity() |
+      exists(EqualityTest testeq, boolean pol | testeq = test and pol = testeq.polarity() |
         (
           boundKind.providesLowerBound() and k2 < bound
           or

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Comparison/WrongNanComparison.ql

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ predicate nanField(Field f) {
   f.hasName("NaN")
 }
 
-from AnyEqualityTest eq, Field f, string classname
+from EqualityTest eq, Field f, string classname
 where
   eq.getAnOperand() = f.getAnAccess() and nanField(f) and f.getDeclaringType().hasName(classname)
 select eq,

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Concurrency/DoubleCheckedLocking.qll

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ private Expr getAFieldRead(Field f) {
  * `f` or indirectly through a local variable `(x = f) == null`.
  */
 private Expr getANullCheck(Field f) {
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eq | eq.polarity() = true |
+  exists(EqualityTest eq | eq.polarity() = true |
     eq.hasOperands(any(NullLiteral nl), getAFieldRead(f)) and
     result = eq
   )

java/ql/src/Likely Bugs/Termination/SpinOnField.ql

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import java
 class ComparisonOrEqTestExpr extends Expr {
   ComparisonOrEqTestExpr() {
     this instanceof ComparisonExpr or
-    this instanceof EqualityTest
+    this instanceof ReferenceEqualityTest
   }
 }
 

java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-022/TaintedPathCommon.qll

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ private predicate inWeakCheck(Expr e) {
   )
   or
   // Checking against `null` has no bearing on path traversal.
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest b | b.getAnOperand() = e | b.getAnOperand() instanceof NullLiteral)
+  exists(EqualityTest b | b.getAnOperand() = e | b.getAnOperand() instanceof NullLiteral)
 }
 
 // Ignore cases where the variable has been checked somehow,

java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-681/NumericCastCommon.qll

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ predicate boundedRead(RValue read) {
 }
 
 predicate castCheck(RValue read) {
-  exists(AnyEqualityTest eq, CastExpr cast |
+  exists(EqualityTest eq, CastExpr cast |
     cast.getExpr() = read and
     eq.hasOperands(cast, read.getVariable().getAnAccess())
   )

java/ql/src/Violations of Best Practice/Boolean Logic/SimplifyBoolExpr.ql

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import java
 
-class BoolCompare extends AnyEqualityTest {
+class BoolCompare extends EqualityTest {
   BoolCompare() { this.getAnOperand() instanceof BooleanLiteral }
 
   predicate simplify(string pattern, string rewrite) {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ predicate conditionalWithBool(ConditionalExpr c, string pattern, string rewrite)
 }
 
 class ComparisonOrEquality extends BinaryExpr {
-  ComparisonOrEquality() { this instanceof ComparisonExpr or this instanceof AnyEqualityTest }
+  ComparisonOrEquality() { this instanceof ComparisonExpr or this instanceof EqualityTest }
 
   predicate negate(string pattern, string rewrite) {
     this instanceof EQExpr and pattern = "!(A == B)" and rewrite = "A != B"

java/ql/src/Violations of Best Practice/legacy/AutoBoxing.ql

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Variable flowTarget(Expr arg) {
  */
 predicate unboxed(BoxedExpr e) {
   exists(BinaryExpr bin | e = bin.getAnOperand() |
-    if bin instanceof AnyEqualityTest or bin instanceof ComparisonExpr
+    if bin instanceof EqualityTest or bin instanceof ComparisonExpr
     then bin.getAnOperand() instanceof PrimitiveExpr
     else bin instanceof PrimitiveExpr
   )

java/ql/src/experimental/Security/CWE/CWE-208/NonConstantTimeCheckOnSignatureQuery.qll

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ private predicate isNonConstantTimeComparisonCall(Expr firstInput, Expr secondIn
  */
 private predicate existsFailFastCheck(Expr firstArray, Expr secondArray) {
   exists(
-    Guard guard, AnyEqualityTest eqTest, boolean branch, Stmt fastFailingStmt,
+    Guard guard, EqualityTest eqTest, boolean branch, Stmt fastFailingStmt,
     ArrayAccess firstArrayAccess, ArrayAccess secondArrayAccess
   |
     guard = eqTest and