Method equals

vm/JavaAPI/src/java/lang/Object.java:38–40

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. The equals method implements an equivalence relation: It is reflexive: for any reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true. It is symmetric: for any reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) r

(java.lang.Object obj)

     * The equals method for class Object implements the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects; that is, for any reference values x and y, this method returns true if and only if x and y refer to the same object (x==y has the value true).
     */
    public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj) {
        return obj == this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the runtime class of an object. That Class object is the object that is locked by static synchronized methods of the represented class.