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      <p>The equality operator.</p>
<p>The default behavior for all <code>Object</code>s is to return true if and
only if <code>this</code> and <code>other</code> are the same object.</p>
<p>Override this method to specify a different equality relation on
a class. The overriding method must still be an equivalence relation.
That is, it must be:</p><ul><li>
<p>Total: It must return a boolean for all arguments. It should never throw
or return <code>null</code>.</p></li><li>
<p>Reflexive: For all object