Map.equals(Object o) has the following syntax.
boolean equals(Object o)
In the following code shows how to use Map.equals(Object o) method.
//from ww w. j a v a 2 s. co m import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static void main(String[] a) { Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>(); map.put("key1", "value1"); map.put("key2", "value2"); map.put("key3", "value3"); Map<String,String> map2 = new HashMap<String,String>(); map2.put("key2", "value2"); map2.put("key1", "value1"); map2.put("key3", "value3"); System.out.println(map2.equals(map2)); } }
The code above generates the following result.