Top "Equals" questions

Refers to Java equals method, indicating whether some object is "equal to" this one.

Check for equality in Spacebars?

I am trying to do what I think should be a very simple task, but have been failing to do …

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Findbugs warning: Equals method should not assume anything about the type of its argument

When running FindBugs on my project, I got a few instances of the error described above. Namely, my overriding versions …

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Java .equals() instanceof subclass? Why not call superclass equals instead of making it final?

It is stated in Object's .equals(Object) javadoc: It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.…

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When should you use === vs ==, !== vs !=, etc.. in javascript?

Possible Duplicate: Javascript === vs == : Does it matter which “equal” operator I use? What are the differences between === vs == and !== vs !=? …

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How to teach eclipse to generate compact equals() and hashCode() from the jdk 7 Objects class?

Some days ago we switched to Java 7 within my Company - finally! Jay \o/ So I found out about the …

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How to compare two Strings when both can be null?

I am aware that it is better to call the equals method over using the == operator (see this question). I …

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The Not Equal Tilde in bash

Like presented in the title, What's the opposite of "=~" operator? I really googled for that and I fund just the …

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C# SortedSet<T> and equality

I am a bit puzzled about the behaviour of SortedSet, see following example: public class Blah { public double Value { get; …

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Does the StringBuffer equals method compare content?

Possible Duplicate: Comparing StringBuffer content with equals StringBuffer s1= new StringBuffer("Test"); StringBuffer s2 = new StringBuffer("Test"); if(s1.equals(…

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why equals() method when we have == operator?

When i see the implementation of equals() method it does nothing but same as what == does. So my question is …

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