rb - unnecessary element equality abstraction

Author: titusfortner

rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/element.rb

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def inspect
       end
 
       def ==(other)
-        other.kind_of?(self.class) && bridge.elementEquals(self, other)
+        other.kind_of?(self.class) && ref == other.ref
       end
       alias_method :eql?, :==
 

rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb

@@ -595,10 +595,6 @@ def getElementValueOfCssProperty(element, prop)
           execute :getElementValueOfCssProperty, :id => element, :property_name => prop
         end
 
-        def elementEquals(element, other)
-          element.ref == other.ref
-        end
-
         #
         # finding elements
         #

rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/w3c_bridge.rb

@@ -574,10 +574,6 @@ def getElementValueOfCssProperty(element, prop)
           execute :getElementCssValue, :id => element, :property_name => prop
         end
 
-        def elementEquals(element, other)
-          element.ref == other.ref
-        end
-
         #
         # finding elements
         #