equals方法最初是在Object类里声明的,本质是用“==”实现
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return (this == obj);
}
而大多数类重写了equals方法,先比较地址,然后比较其内容。以String的重写为例
public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
if (this == anObject) {
return true;
}
if (anObject instanceof String) {
String anotherString = (String)anObject;
int n = value.length;
if (n == anotherString.value.length) {
char v1[] = value;
char v2[] = anotherString.value;
int i = 0;
while (n-- != 0) {
if (v1[i] != v2[i])
return false;
i++;
}
return true;
}
}
return false;
}