Hmm...
No problem with common usages.
But may cause problem with collections.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paulo Gaspar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Avalon Development" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:13 PM
Subject: RE: Why Version.equals( final Version other )?
> > Well I like the type safety, however you could also easily implement
>
> But Peter, since any class inherits a method
> boolean equals(Object obj)
>
> from Object, you still have no type safe equals() method just by
> implementing
> boolean equals( final Version other )
>
> since any call with a non Version compatible argument can be handled
> by the Object.equals() implementation.
>
>
> Unless you use a different method name, what is the advantage of this
> type-safe version?
> Am I missing something?
>
>
> Have fun,
> Paulo Gaspar
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:17 PM
> > To: Avalon Development
> > Subject: Re: Why Version.equals( final Version other )?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:15, Eung-ju Park wrote:
> > > Why use "boolean equals( final Version other )"
> > > instead of "boolean equals( final Object other )"?
> >
> > Well I like the type safety, however you could also easily implement
> >
> > public boolean equals( final Object other )
> > {
> > if( other instanceof Version ) return equals( (Version)other );
> > else return false;
> > }
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > "abandon all hope , ye who enter here" - dante, inferno
> >
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