Java tutorial
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.List; import java.util.Set; class Employee { private String name; private String address; private String phone; public Employee() { super(); } public Employee(String name, String address, String phone) { super(); this.name = name; this.address = address; this.phone = phone; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getAddress() { return address; } public void setAddress(String address) { this.address = address; } public String getPhone() { return phone; } public void setPhone(String phone) { this.phone = phone; } @Override public int hashCode() { final int prime = 31; int result = 1; result = prime * result + ((address == null) ? 0 : address.hashCode()); result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode()); result = prime * result + ((phone == null) ? 0 : phone.hashCode()); return result; } @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (this == obj) return true; if (obj == null) return false; if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false; Employee other = (Employee) obj; if (address == null) { if (other.address != null) return false; } else if (!address.equals(other.address)) return false; if (name == null) { if (other.name != null) return false; } else if (!name.equals(other.name)) return false; if (phone == null) { if (other.phone != null) return false; } else if (!phone.equals(other.phone)) return false; return true; } @Override public String toString() { return "Employee [name=" + name + ", address=" + address + ", phone=" + phone + "]"; } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Set<Employee> empSet = new HashSet<Employee>(populateList()); for (Employee employee : empSet) { System.out.println(employee); } } public static List<Employee> populateList() { List<Employee> lsts = new ArrayList<Employee>(); lsts.add(new Employee("A", "B", "123456")); lsts.add(new Employee("C", "E", "123685")); lsts.add(new Employee("D", "F", "1257456")); lsts.add(new Employee("D", "F", "196356")); lsts.add(new Employee("A", "B", "123456")); lsts.add(new Employee("A", "B", "123456")); lsts.add(new Employee("A", "B", "123456")); return lsts; } }