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Tell me the output?

 
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class MyClass
{
static int maxElements;

MyClass(int maxElements)
{
this.maxElements = maxElements;
}

}

public class Q19
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{

MyClass a = new MyClass(100);
MyClass b = new MyClass(100);

if(a.equals(b))
System.out.println("Objects have the same values");
else
System.out.println("Objects have different values");
}
}


equals() method was not overrided but still it compiles fine.Why?
 
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Hi Manoj,


Every class inherits Object class so as your class "MyClass" does; You class inherits Object(daddy of all classes) class's equals() method whose definition is as following:


public boolean equals(Object o) {
return this==o;
}

So when you do like
if(a.equals(b)) {
}
a and b are objects of MyClass, so where Object is required as Argument any object of Java can fit there.


Regards,
cmbhatt
 
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ok thanks.........
 
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Hello,

It compiles fine and gives the print in else part. The parent class for all classes in java is java.lang.Object class got default implementation for equals method.

 
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