equals (Object otherObject) – verifies the equality of two objects. It’s default implementation simply checks the object references of two objects to verify their equality. By default, two objects are ...

Remember that when you create objects, the variables store references to the objects. So, when you compare objects using the equality testing operator (==), it actually compares the references and not ...

Obi Ezechukwu 's blog High-Octane Java recently featured the post Compact Equals , which compares an implementation of a Java class's overridden equals method in traditional form versus one ...