Clone() and equals()-- puzzled!! x.equals(x.clone())

hi,
I have an object x that contains only 1 int variable.I clone the object and check for equality with my original object -- I always get false -- why? Something like:
boolean flag = x.equals(x.clone())
Falg is aways false??
Shoudn't the objects be equal?

class
MyClass {
int x,y
public MyClass(int X, int Y) { x=X; y=Y; }
public boolean equals(int X, int Y) { return x==X
=X && y==Y; }
public MyClass clone() { return new MyClass(x,y);
}Well, you'd need to add
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    return (obj != null)
            && (obj.getClass() == getClass())
            && (((MyClass)obj).equals(x, y));
// and you have to override hashCode. Maybe something like...
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    return x ^ y;
}I'd get rid of the equals(int, int) method though and either compare x & y in[b] equals(Object) or have equals(Object) call equals(MyClass) which would then compare the x & y.
Also, clone is always supposed to call super.clone()--it should NOT construct a new object with new. It has to catch CloneNotSupportedException, and return Object.

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jverd wrote:
euph wrote:
jverd wrote:
euph wrote:
REFTY5_ wrote:
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