equals方法是否适用于对象？如果是这样,怎么样？

Question

我有一个动物园的计划,在动物园里有分支的亚群动物是爬行动物.当我做一个equals方法时,主程序编译并运行.我很困惑,如果我比较对象而不是特定的int或String,java知道如何使用equals方法？

public class Zoo {

    public static void main(String[]args) {
        Animal a=new Animal("Bob");
        Reptile komodo= new Reptile("Snakey");
        komodo.bask();
        a.size=3;
        komodo.size=5;
        System.out.println(a);
        System.out.println(komodo);
        Turtle t= new Turtle("Slowy");
        t.hide();
        t.size=6;
        t.numlegs=4;
        System.out.println(t);
        System.out.println(t.equals(komodo));
    }
}

public class Animal {
    public String name;

    public boolean equals(Animal other) {
        return other.size==this.size;
    }

    public Animal(String s) {
        name=s;
    }
    public void setName(String n) {
        this.name=n;
    }
    public void eat(String meal) {
        System.out.println("chump chump yummy "+meal);
    }
    public int size;

    public String toString() {
        return "I am "+name+" and I'm "+size+" cm long";
    }

}

public class Reptile extends Animal {

    public Reptile(String n) {
        super(n);
        numlegs=0;
    }
    public Reptile(String n, int l) {
        super(n);
        numlegs=l;
    }

    public void bask() {
        System.out.println("basking...");
    }
    public String toString() {
        return super.toString()+numlegs+" legs";
    }

    public int numlegs;
}
public class Turtle extends Reptile {

    public Turtle(String n) {
        super (n,4);
        shellColor="Brown";
    }
    public void hide() {
        System.out.println("you cant see me");
    }
    public String toString() {
        return super.toString()+" and my shell is"+ shellColor;
    }
    public String shellColor;

    public void bask() {
        super.bask();
        System.out.println("turtle is basking...");
    }

}

Answer 1

您没有覆盖该Object#equals方法,但重载它.在方法声明中,您使用Animaltype而不是Object:

public boolean equals(Animal other)

该方法的一个很好的优先选择是使用instanceof运算符.显示一个例子:

@Override
public boolean equals(Object other) {
    if(other instanceof Animal) {
        Animal otherAnimal = (Animal)other;
        //comparison logic...
    }
    return false;
}

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