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Thread: What does this method do?

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    Default What does this method do?

    Could somebody explain what this method does do?

        public boolean equals(Object object){
            if(object instanceof Product){
                Product product= (Product)object;
                return product.getTitle().equals(title);
            }
            return false;
        }

    This is the class

    public class Product {
        private String title;
        private double price;
     
        public Product(String title, double price) {
            this.title = title;
            this.price = price;
        }
     
        public String getTitle() {
            return title;
        }
     
        public double getPrice() {
            return price;
        }
     
        public boolean equals(Object object){
            if(object instanceof Product){
                Product product= (Product)object;
                return product.getTitle().equals(title);
            }
            return false;
        }
    }

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    Default Re: What does this method do?

    return product.getTitle().equals(title);
    It returns the result returned by the equals method.
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