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    Default Comparing two objects

    I have two objects, player1 and player 2. These two objects have properties: String first name,String last name, double weight and int grade. I want to create a method that takes in a player object and compares it with the players in my list. So, for example, something like this:

      protected void find(T target)
      // Searches list for an occurence of an element e such that
      // e.equals(target). If successful, sets instance variables
      // found to true and location to the array index of e. If
      // not successful, sets found to false.
      {
        location = 0;
        found = false;
     
        while (location < numElements) 
        {
          if ([B]list[location].equals(target)[/B])
          {  
            found = true;
            return;
          }
          else
            location++;
        }
      }

    But when I pass in a player with the EXACT same attributes as a player in the list, the equals method still returns false. What do I have to do to compare two players so that
    player1 = (George, Lemons, 180, 9)
    player2 = (George, Lemons, 180, 9)
    player1.equals(player2)
    returns true?


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    Default Re: Comparing two objects

    Does your Player class have an equals method?
    Does your equals method have correct behaviour?
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    Default Re: Comparing two objects

    What if I have an equals method in my player class but I want to compare two player objects outside that class? How could I, for example, check to see that an element of an array of type player is equal to some player. i.e.
    protected void find(T target)
      // Searches list for an occurence of an element e such that
      // e.equals(target). If successful, sets instance variables
      // found to true and location to the array index of e. If
      // not successful, sets found to false.
      {
        location = 0;
        found = false;
     
        while (location < numElements) 
        {
          if [B](list[location].equals(target)[/B])
          {  
            found = true;
            return;
          }
          else
            location++;
        }
      }
    How do I use my .equals method here in this separate class to check if they're equal?

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    Exactly how you have written it. It will only work if your equals (and possibly hashcode) method returns the correct value.
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