How do I assert that two HashMap with Javabean values are equal?

If your Question class implements equals then you can just do

assertEquals(expectedMap, hashMap);

assertTrue(expectedMap.equals(hashMap));

The Map interface specifies that two Maps are equal if they contain equal elements for equal keys.

Too compare maps ,in your particular case :

1)Check the size of the map if its equal

Then use

    `assertTrue(expectedMap.equals(hashMap));` 

In your Question bean you have to override the equals and hashcode method.

Here is the solution I eventually ended up using which worked perfectly for unit testing purposes.

for(Map.Entry<Integer, Question> entry : questionMap.entrySet()) {
    assertReflectionEquals(entry.getValue(), expectedQuestionMap.get(entry.getKey()), ReflectionComparatorMode.LENIENT_ORDER);
}

This involves invoking assertReflectionEquals() from the unitils package.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.unitils</groupId>
    <artifactId>unitils-core</artifactId>
    <version>3.3</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Using Guava you can do:

assertTrue(Maps.difference(expected, actual).areEqual());