在java.lang.Object类中可以看到对equals方法的说明
/**
* Indicates whether some other object is “equal to” this one.
*
* The {@code equals} method implements an equivalence relation
* on non-null object references:
*
*- It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value
* {@code x}, {@code x.equals(x)} should return
* {@code true}.
* - It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values
* {@code x} and {@code y}, {@code x.equals(y)}
* should return {@code true} if and only if
* {@code y.equals(x)} returns {@code true}.
* - It is transitive: for any non-null reference values
* {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z}, if
* {@code x.equals(y)} returns {@code true} and
* {@code y.equals(z)} returns {@code true}, then
* {@code x.equals(z)} should return {@code true}.
* - It is consistent: for any non-null reference values
* {@code x} and {@code y}, multiple invocations of
* {@code x.equals(y)} consistently return {@code true}
* or consistently return {@code false}, provided no
* information used in {@code equals} comparisons on the
* objects is modified.
* - For any non-null reference value {@code x},
* {@code x.equals(null)} should return {@code false}.
*
*
* The {@code equals} method for class {@code Object} implements
* the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects;
* that is, for any non-null reference values {@code x} and
* {@code y}, this method returns {@code true} if and only
* if {@code x} and {@code y} refer to the same object
* ({@code x == y} has the value {@code true}).
*
* Note that it is generally necessary to override the {@code hashCode}
* method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the
* general contract for the {@code hashCode} method, which states
* that equal objects must have equal hash codes.
*
* @param obj the reference object with which to compare.
* @return {@code true} if this object is the same as the obj
* argument; {@code false} otherwise.
* @see #hashCode()
* @see java.util.HashMap
*/
如果英文不行,就看中文jdk文档:
总结一下:
①性质:自反 对称 传递 一致 (也就是离散数学那些东西)
②euqals比较的是地址(引用),因此true的条件比==更加严格
③重写时要重写hashCode方法
实际操作一波:
e1和e2的地址不同,所以false,s1和s2的内容相同但是地址不同,本来按照Object的equals方法应当输出false,但是String类重写了equals方法,当内容相同时会输出true。