Java Programming

Hi All,

This is a serious issue am facing... I need some good answers for this.

I know the difference between == operator (which compares references) and equals() method (which compares the instance values).

But, surprisingly I found in the source code of our Object class in the equals() methods implementation that its also using the same == operator to compare. Am pasting the exact implementation.

public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return (this == obj);
}

So what is the difference? Its again comparing references instead of values.

Suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Regards
Naveen