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| From | "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> |
| Subject | Re: default equals function? |
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To: Eric Sosman
From: bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com>
On Thursday, August 9, 2012 5:11:07 PM UTC-5, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 8/9/2012 5:58 PM, bob smith wrote:
>
> > Let's say I have a class like this:
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> >
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> > public class Kern_Pair {
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> > int letter1, letter2;
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> >
>
> > }
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> >
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> > Can someone tell me how the default equals function will behave?
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> >
>
> > like
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> >
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> > kernpair1.equals(kernpair2)
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> >
>
> > ?
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>
>
> Teachable Moment.
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>
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> The Kern_Pair class has no equals() method of its own, so it
>
> inherits equals() from the nearest superclass that has one. Walk
>
> up the class inheritance tree to find the nearest ancestor with an
>
> equals(). The class inheritance tree for Kern_Pair is fairly short:
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> Its immediate superclass is Object (because you didn't say "extends
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> SomethingElse"), so the equals() method for Kern_Pair *is* the
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> equals() method of Object.
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>
>
> Now all you need to do is go to the Javadoc and study what
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> Object's equals() will do.
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>
>
> --
>
> Eric Sosman
>
> esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
The equals method for class Object implements the most discriminating possible
equivalence relation on objects; that is, for any non-null 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).
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default equals function? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: default equals function? "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: default equals function? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: default equals function? "rossum" <rossum@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: default equals function? "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: default equals function? "Jeff Higgins" <jeff.higgins@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: default equals function? "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-6gh-this> - 2012-08-10 19:41 +0000
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