equals Comparison Table

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equals comparison table

Subject have is is a kind of is a subtopic of have example is an instance of have purpose has definition

method that is declared in Object class a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious instance method Methods
public float credit(float amountToCredit) {
balance = balance + amountToCredit;
return balance;
}

equals specification overridden Example Methods
boolean b = aPostalCode.equals(anotherPostalCode);
method that is declared in Object class to test whether two objects are equal i.e. they contain the same data, but are not necessarily the same object A method that compares two objects for equality

Subject	have	is	is a kind of	is a subtopic of	have example	is an instance of	have purpose	has definition
method that is declared in Object class	a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious		instance method	Methods	public float credit(float amountToCredit) { balance = balance + amountToCredit; return balance; }
equals	specification	overridden		Example Methods	boolean b = aPostalCode.equals(anotherPostalCode);	method that is declared in Object class	to test whether two objects are equal i.e. they contain the same data, but are not necessarily the same object	A method that compares two objects for equality

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