Java override Object equals() method

Question

How do I override the equals method in the object class?

i.e I have

class Person{

//need to override here
public boolean equals (Object obj){

}
         


        

Answer 1

One more point may be good to know that after you override equals() method (and also hashcode()) method you can to compare two objects of same class like follows:

Person p1 = new Person();
Person p2 = new Person();

....

if ( p1.equals( p2 ) )

{
   // --- Two Persons are equal, w.r.t the fields you specified in equals method ---

}