Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Eric Sosman" Subject: Re: default equals function? Message-ID: <50254C54.56592.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <50254C53.56587.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <50254C53.56587.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 ca702f4c X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 b60e4124 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 27 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:39:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344623945 69.21.70.65 (Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:39:05 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:39:05 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17646 To: bob smith From: Eric Sosman On 8/10/2012 10:12 AM, bob smith wrote: > On Thursday, August 9, 2012 5:11:07 PM UTC-5, Eric Sosman wrote: >> On 8/9/2012 5:58 PM, bob smith wrote: >>> [...] >>> Can someone tell me how the default equals function will behave? >> [...] >> Now all you need to do is go to the Javadoc and study what >> Object's equals() will do. > > 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). ... and there you have it. Any questions? -- Eric Sosman esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24