From the K&B 1.5 p. 526-27
Of Course,overriding the equals() for Car also allows the potential that more than one object representing a single unique car can exist, which might not be safe in your design. Fortunately the String and Wrapper classes work well as keys in hashtable-they override the equals() method.
I dont quite understand the above. What does the overriden equals() of
String and wrapper class has so special about it that I couldnt do with my class car. If I override the equals() of car class how is that not as good as the overiden equals() of String.