Overriding equash method of HashMap in Java
I noticed that in the source code for the HashMap, it lists the equals method as final. Why does this happen when I override it I don't get a compile error?
public class Test extends HashMap<Object, Object> {
@Override
public boolean equals(Object o) {
return false;
}
}
Java HashMap method is:
public final boolean equals(Object o) {
if (!(o instanceof Map.Entry))
return false;
Map.Entry e = (Map.Entry)o;
Object k1 = getKey();
Object k2 = e.getKey();
if (k1 == k2 || (k1 != null && k1.equals(k2))) {
Object v1 = getValue();
Object v2 = e.getValue();
if (v1 == v2 || (v1 != null && v1.equals(v2)))
return true;
}
return false;
}
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