The equals() method is the way to determine when two objects are considered equals based on real caracteristics that makes sense to the class writer.
When you compare objects, if they dont override equals, how can
Java know if they are equal? Java can't guess it.
If you don't provide a way for Java to know if they are equal, Java will compare its references, and references are barely "memory address", which usually doesnt make sense in a real world. Thats what the Object equals() method do, compare the reference of two objects with "==".
For instance, the
String equals() method was overriden, and for the String's Class writer, it makes sense to say that two String objects are equals if they have the same character sequence.
If you write a Client class, and for your business logic two Client's are equals when they have the same account number, you can override the equals() method in your class and return true when the objects account number are the same, which means "For the Client class, it makes sense to say that two instance of Clients objects are equals when they have the same account number".
Hope it helps.
