How does a ArrayList's contains() method evaluate objects?

Question

Say I create one object and add it to my ArrayList. If I then create another object with exactly the same constructor input, will the contains() me

Answer 1

class Thing {  
    public int value;  

    public Thing (int x) {
        value = x;
    }

    equals (Thing x) {
        if (x.value == value) return true;
        return false;
    }
}

You must write:

class Thing {  
    public int value;  

    public Thing (int x) {
        value = x;
    }

    public boolean equals (Object o) {
    Thing x = (Thing) o;
        if (x.value == value) return true;
        return false;
    }
}

Now it works ;)