had Some small doubt in the code

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Hi This is Nazim the code shown in video

package com.teamtreehouse;
import java.util.Date;


public class Treet implements Comparable{
private String mAuthor;
private String mDiscription;
private Date mCreationDate;

  public Treet(String author,String discription,Date creationDate){
   mAuthor= author;
    mDiscription=discription;
    mCreationDate=creationDate;
  }



public String toString(){
return "Tweet :  "+mDiscription  +"-@"+mAuthor; 
}


  //Interface Example(
@Override
 Pulic int compareTo(Object obj){
 Treet other=(Treet)obj;

   if(equals(other)){        //got doubt in this line
     return 0;
     }
   int dateCmp=mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate)

   if(dateCmp==0){
   return mDiscription.compareTo(other.mDiscription)
   }
   return dateCmp;
 }


public String getAuthor(){
return mAuthor;
}
public String getDiscription(){
return mDiscription;
}
public Date getCreationDate(){
return mCreationDate;
} 
  public String[] getWords(){
  return mDiscription.toLowerCase().split("[^\\w@#]+");
  }

}

in Interface example block in the if Statement what we are comparing with (other)Object

Answer 1 · 2017-01-30T11:45:23Z

January 30, 2017 11:45am

Hello

if(equals(other)){        //got doubt in this line
     return 0;
     }

this is comparing if 'this' object  the 'other' object.   'this' is implicit here.  try 

if(this.equals(other) .....

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had Some small doubt in the code

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