public int hashCode() {
        return address;
    }

    /**
     * Determines if this address is equal two another. Only the IP Addresses
     * are compared. Similar to the {@link #hashCode} method, the comparison
     * is based on the integer IP address and not the string representation.
     */

    @Override
    public boolean equals(final Object obj) {

 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> as with any sorted collection, you are strongly advised not to use a {@link
 * Comparator} or {@link Comparable} type whose comparison behavior is <i>inconsistent with
 * equals</i>. That is, {@code a.compareTo(b)} or {@code comparator.compare(a, b)} should equal zero
 * <i>if and only if</i> {@code a.equals(b)}. If this advice is not followed, the resulting

 *   try {
 *     // do things while occupying the monitor
 *   } finally {
 *     monitor.leave();
 *   }
 * } else {
 *   // do other things since the monitor was not available
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <h2>Comparison with {@code synchronized} and {@code ReentrantLock}</h2>
 *
 * <p>The following examples show a simple threadsafe holder expressed using {@code synchronized},
 * {@link ReentrantLock}, and {@code Monitor}.
 *

   * This is not the same definition used by other Java APIs. (See a <a
   * href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kq4ECwPjHX9B8QUCTPclgsDCXYaj7T-FlT4tB5q3ahk/edit">comparison
   * of several definitions of "whitespace"</a>.)
   *
   * <p>All Unicode White_Space characters are on the BMP and thus supported by this API.
   *

* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

        p1 = path1.lastIndexOf('/');
        p2 = path2.lastIndexOf('/');
        l1 = path1.length() - p1;
        l2 = path2.length() - p2;

        // anything with dots voids comparison
        if ((l1 > 1 && path1.charAt(p1 + 1) == '.') || (l2 > 1 && path2.charAt(p2 + 1) == '.')) {
            return true;
        }

        return l1 == l2 && path1.regionMatches(true, p1, path2, p2, l1);

- Fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

- Fix: detach azure disk broken on Azure Stack ([#94885](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94885), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]
- Fixed a bug where improper storage and comparison of endpoints led to excessive API traffic from the endpoints controller ([#94935](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/94935), [@damemi](https://github.com/damemi)) [SIG Apps, Network and Testing]