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The Perfect equals Method

• Start with these three tests:
  

  public boolean equals(Object otherObject) 
  { 
     if (this == otherObject) return true; 
     if (otherObject == null) return false; 
     if (getClass() != otherObject.getClass()) return false; 
     ... 
  } 
  

• First test is an optimization

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