The equals() method of java.util.LinkedHashSet class is used to compare the specified object with this set for equality. Returns true if and only if the specified object is also a set, both sets have the same size, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two sets are equal. (Two elements e1 and e2 are equal if (e1==null ? e2==null : e1.equals(e2)).) In other words, two sets are defined to be equal if they contain the same elements in any order.
Syntax:
public boolean equals(Object o)
Parameters: This method takes the object o as a parameter to be compared for equality with this set.
Returns Value: This method returns true if the specified object is equal to this set. Below are examples to illustrate the equals() method.
Example 1:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate equals()// method of LinkedHashSetimport java.util.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { // Creating object of LinkedHashSet<String> LinkedHashSet<String> set1 = new LinkedHashSet<String>(); // Populating set1 set1.add("A"); set1.add("B"); set1.add("C"); set1.add("D"); set1.add("E"); // print set1 System.out.println("First LinkedHashSet: " + set1); // Creating another object of LinkedHashSet<String> LinkedHashSet<String> set2 = new LinkedHashSet<String>(); // Populating set2 set2.add("A"); set2.add("B"); set2.add("C"); set2.add("D"); set2.add("E"); // print set2 System.out.println("Second LinkedHashSet: " + set2); // comparing first LinkedHashSet to another // using equals() method boolean value = set1.equals(set2); // print the value System.out.println("Are both set equal: " + value); }} |
Output:
First LinkedHashSet: [A, B, C, D, E] Second LinkedHashSet: [A, B, C, D, E] Are both set equal: true
Example 2:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate equals()// method of LinkedHashSetimport java.util.*;public class GFG1 { public static void main(String[] argv) { // Creating object of LinkedHashSet LinkedHashSet<Integer> set1 = new LinkedHashSet<Integer>(); // Populating set1 set1.add(10); set1.add(20); set1.add(30); set1.add(40); set1.add(50); // print set1 System.out.println("First LinkedHashSet: " + set1); // Creating another object of LinkedHashSet LinkedHashSet<Integer> set2 = new LinkedHashSet<Integer>(); // Populating set2 set2.add(10); set2.add(20); set2.add(30); // print set2 System.out.println("Second LinkedHashSet: " + set2); // comparing first LinkedHashSet to another // using equals() method boolean value = set1.equals(set2); // print the value System.out.println("Are both set equal: " + value); }} |
Output:
First LinkedHashSet: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50] Second LinkedHashSet: [10, 20, 30] Are both set equal: false
