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Java Java Data Structures Organizing Data Interfaces

Hudson Kim
Hudson Kim
2,965 Points
Posted by Hudson Kim
Hudson Kim
2,965 Points

What Does He Mean?

What does this mean: 

Treet other = (Treet) obj;
    if (equals(other)) {
      return 0;
    }

1 Answer

Jake Goodman
Jake Goodman
3,381 Points
Jake Goodman
Jake Goodman
3,381 Points

The equals method will be called on the instance of Treet that calls the method. For example, if you have a Treet object and you call this block of code on it, "equals(other)" will be called on that particular instance of the Treet.