Overriding “equals” method: how to figure out the type of the parameter?

Question

I\'m trying to override equals method for a parameterized class.

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (this == obj)
        return t         


        

Answer 1

You can do it by retaining a reference to Class type. However, in my opinion, equality tests should be about the values the objects represent rather than the concrete types the values get expressed.

A classic example of this is the Collections API for example. new ArrayList().equals(new LinkedList