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 ...

The hashCode() and equals() methods have been defined in Object class which is parent class for all java classes. For this reason, all java objects inherit a default ...

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 implemented ...