Overriding “equals” method: how to figure out the type of the parameter?

Question

I\'m trying to override equals method for a parameterized class.

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (this == obj)
        return t         


        

Answer 1

Sadly, you can't do this at compile time; the information is gone. Such are the consequences of type erasure. An alternative is to store the parameter as a Class instance, and then look it up later.