Object.equals() question.

Question

Lets say i have a class:
public class MyClass{
int x;
int y;
int z;
}And i have two objects: one and two...
will
one.equals(two)return true if the fields for both objects hold the same values?
or return true if they both point to the exact same object?
Edited by: JamesBarnes on Oct 8, 2008 12:34 PM

Answer 1

hmm ok, how about this:
i went to add my own equals method to my class:
public class Block{
private int x;
public boolean equals(Block block){
if this.x == block.getX(); // <-- Problem
public int getX(){
return x;
}You can probably see what is going on here, i want to pas the equals method an object of type Block, but because the equals method is within Block it would seem that the method block.getX() cannot be used.
Bizzarrely (im using net beans) although the fields are all private access i can see the fields of the passed "Block block" but not the methods that belong to block.
I can sort of see the problem, calling accessor methods from within a block, its sort of like delving into it's self, but i cant see how else to check for similar objects.
I hope i have made the problem clear,
J