Java equals for a Class. Is == same as .equals

Question

Can we do a == on a Class variable instead of equals and expect the same result?

For example:

Class clazz = xyz;
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Answer 1

Yes.

Take a look at the Class class description and note that it inherits equals from Object, for which the method reads:

"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)."