Here you can find the source of equals(List lst1, List lst2)
public static boolean equals(List lst1, List lst2)
//package com.java2s; /**//w w w . jav a2 s . c o m * Copyright 2016 William Van Woensel Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. * * * @author wvw * */ import java.util.List; public class Main { public static boolean equals(List lst1, List lst2) { if (lst1.size() != lst2.size()) return false; for (Object obj1 : lst1) { boolean match = false; for (Object obj2 : lst2) { if (obj1.equals(obj2)) { match = true; break; } } if (!match) return false; } return true; } }