Define equality for Provider objects

Author: duckontheweb

pystac/provider.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
+
 class ProviderRole(str, Enum):
     """Enumerates the allows values of the Provider "role" field."""
 
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.url = url
         self.extra_fields = extra_fields or {}
 
+    def __eq__(self, o: object) -> bool:
+        if not isinstance(o, Provider):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return self.to_dict() == o.to_dict()
+
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Generate a dictionary representing the JSON of this Provider.
 
@@ -100,4 +106,4 @@ def from_dict(d: Dict[str, Any]) -> "Provider":
                 for k, v in d.items()
                 if k not in {"name", "description", "roles", "url"}
             },
-        )
+        )