[jdom-interest] Text class (Modified)

[Amy Lewis]

On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 04:22:12PM -0700, Jason Hunter wrote:
>Brett McLaughlin wrote:
>> 
>>     public boolean equals(Object ob) {
>>         if (ob instanceof Text) {
>>             if (((Text)ob).value.equals(value)) {
>>                 return true;
>>             }
>>         }
>>         return false;
>>     }
>> }
>
>That needs to be == and final, the same as for other nodes.

Should that pattern be opened to review?  Is object identity something
that the API should enforce?  Subclasses can't change that semantic,
note.

Amy!
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