Re: array[].equal

From: Chris Riesbeck (criesbeck_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:28:35 -0500

In article <40c82cad$0$8988$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
 "Murray" <parps@SPAMOFFoptusnet.SPAMMAGE.com.au> wrote:

> "Roedy Green" <look-on@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:eehfc0l86crqv2kehavju62jap21vjlo5k@4ax.com...
> > Where do you look in the JavaDoc to find out just how clever
> > equal is on
> >
> > comparing two byte[], two int[] or two Object[]
> >
>
> Array doesn't implement equals(), so the method is the standard equals()
> inherited from Object. Hence no iteration logic is performed if that's what
> you mean. Have a look at Arrays.equals instead ...

Or was the question about == and where to look?

In that case, I believe things like this are only in the Java
Language Specification (Sec 15.21), not the javadocs.

== for arrays is explicitly described in 15.21.3

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