Scala example source code file (Equals.scala)

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The Scala Equals.scala source code

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package scala

/** An interface containing operations for equality.
 *  The only method not already present in class `AnyRef` is `canEqual`.
 */
trait Equals {
  /** A method that should be called from every well-designed equals method
   *  that is open to be overridden in a subclass. See Programming in Scala,
   *  Chapter 28 for discussion and design.
   *
   *  @param    that    the value being probed for possible equality
   *  @return   true if this instance can possibly equal `that`, otherwise false
   */
  def canEqual(that: Any): Boolean

  /** The universal equality method defined in `AnyRef`.
   */
  def equals(that: Any): Boolean
}