**java.lang** 
 ====Class Object  ====


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public class **Object**



Class Object is the root of the Java Card platform class hierarchy.
 Every class has Object as a superclass.
 All objects, including arrays, implement the methods of this
 class.
 This Java Card platform class's functionality is a strict subset of the definition in the
 //Java<sup>TM</sup> 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE<sup>TM</sup>) API Specification//.




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^ Constructor Summary ^^ 
| **[[javacard:java-card-api:Object#Object()|Object]] **()            |

 




^ Method Summary ^^ 
| ** boolean** | **[[javacard:java-card-api:Object#equals(java.lang.Object)|equals]] **([[javacard:java-card-api:Object|Object]]  obj)          Compares two Objects for equality. |

 






^ Constructor Detail ^ 



 === Object === 
public **Object**()







^ Method Detail ^ 



 === equals === 
public boolean **equals**([[javacard:java-card-api:Object|Object]]  obj)

Compares two Objects for equality. 
 The equals method implements an equivalence relation:
 
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  *It is 
  *reflexive
 \\ : for any reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true. 
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  *It is 
  *symmetric
 \\ : for any reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true. 
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  *It is 
  *transitive
 \\ : for any reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returnstrue and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true. 
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  *It is 
  *consistent
 \\ : for any reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false. 
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  *For any reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false. 
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 The equals method for class Object implements the most discriminating possible equivalence
 relation on objects; that is, for any reference values x and y,
 this method returns true if and only if x and y
 refer to the same object (x==y has the value true).

 
 

**Parameters:**obj - the reference object with which to compare.
 
 
**Returns:**true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.