I am using this blog post to build upon these examples to demonstrate the utility of Java 7’s Objects.equals(Object, Object) method and will demonstrate the usefulness of Objects.hash(Object ...

See Comparing Java objects with equals() and hashcode() for more about these methods. The equals() method first verifies that an Employee object has been passed. If not, it returns false.

Package & Object Class Learned about built-in and custom packages and their importance in organizing Java classes. Explored the java.lang package, which is automatically imported in all Java programs.