Cannot find symbol error

./com/example/BlogPost.java:25: error: cannot find symbol
    if(equal(com.example.BlogPost)){
                ^
  symbol:   class example
  location: package com
1 error

package com.example;

import java.util.Date;

public class BlogPost implements Comparable {
  private String mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mBody;
  private String mCategory;
  private Date mCreationDate;

  public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mBody = body;
    mCategory = category;
    mCreationDate = creationDate;
  }
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //
  public int compareTo(Object obj){

    com.example.BlogPost other =(com.example.BlogPost) obj;

    if(equal(com.example.BlogPost)){

      return 0;
    }

    return 1;

  }
  //


  public String[] getWords() {
    return mBody.split("\\s+");
  }




  public String getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getBody() {
    return mBody;
  }

  public String getCategory() {
    return mCategory;
  }

  public Date getCreationDate() {
    return mCreationDate;
  }
}