java.util.Hashtable.equals() Method

Description

The equals(Object o) method is used to compare the specified Object with this Map for equality.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Hashtable.equals() method.

public boolean equals(Object o)

Parameters

• o--This is the object to be compared for equality with this Hashtable.

Return Value

The method call returns 'true' if the specified Object is equal to this Map.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Hashtable.equals()

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class HashTableDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      // create two hash tables 
      Hashtable htable1 = new Hashtable();
      Hashtable htable2 = new Hashtable();
      
      // put values in two tables
      htable1.put(1, "A");
      htable1.put(2, "B");
      htable1.put(3, "C");
      htable1.put(4, "D");
      
      htable2.put(1, "A");
      htable2.put(2, "B");
      htable2.put(3, "C");
      htable2.put(4, "D");
      
      // check equality
      boolean isequal=htable1.equals(htable2) ;
      
      // display result
      System.out.println("Are two tables equal:"+isequal); 
   }    
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result.

Are two tables equal:true