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## Overriding the `equals` Method

- Notion of equality depends on class
- Common definition: compare all fields

      public class Employee

      {

         public boolean equals(Object otherObject)

            // not complete--see below

         {

            Employee other = (Employee)otherObject;

            return name.equals(other.name)

               && salary == other.salary;

         }

         ...

      }

- Must cast the `Object` parameter to subclass
- Use `==` for primitive types, `equals` for object fields

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