The equals() method of java.text.MessageFormat class is used to check if both the MessageFormat objects are same or not.
Syntax:
public boolean equals(Object obj)
Parameter: This method takes MessageFormat objects which will be compared with the current MessageFormat object.
Return Value: if both the MessageFormat objects are equal to each other then it will return true otherwise false.
Below are the examples to illustrate the equals() method:
Example 1:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// equals() methodimport java.text.*;import java.util.*;import java.io.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { try { // creating and initializing MessageFormat MessageFormat mf1 = new MessageFormat("{0, date, #}, {1, time, #}, {0, number}"); // creating and initializing MessageFormat MessageFormat mf2 = new MessageFormat("{0, date, #}, {1, time, #}, {0, number}"); // compare both object // using equals() method boolean i = mf1.equals(mf2); // display result if (i) System.out.println( "mf1 is equals to mf2"); else System.out.println( "mf1 is not equal to mf2"); } catch (ClassCastException e) { System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e); } }} |
Output:
mf1 is equals to mf2
Example 2:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate// equals() methodimport java.text.*;import java.util.*;import java.io.*;public class GFG { public static void main(String[] argv) { try { // creating and initializing MessageFormat MessageFormat mf1 = new MessageFormat("{0, date, #}, {1, time, #}, {0, number}"); // creating and initializing MessageFormat MessageFormat mf2 = new MessageFormat("{0, date, #}, {0, time, #}, {0, number}"); // compare both object // using equals() method boolean i = mf1.equals(mf2); // display result if (i) System.out.println( "mf1 is equals to mf2"); else System.out.println( "mf1 is not equal to mf2"); } catch (ClassCastException e) { System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e); } }} |
Output:
mf1 is not equal to mf2
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html#equals-java.lang.Object-
