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Hmm, I'm not sure without an SSCCE. What happens instead of what you'd expect?

Yeah I understand how you're using the method, it's just a little misleading because equals() is a very specific method in the Object class, and it is overridden for a different purpose. It's fine as...

Interesting. Usually equals() methods return a boolean. Your method looks more like a get() or a find() function.

Still, I'm not sure where the problem is. You say you're having trouble with the equals() method? What exactly is giving you trouble?

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Also, that's way too much code for us to go through. We just don't have time. For better help...