Comparing Strings using java -

this question has answer here:

• overriding java equals() method quirk 8 answers

i have create equals method return true if politicians' titles same. how compare strings?

this how i've tried write far:

public class politician implements priority{ private string name, title; private int a; public politician(string n, string t, int p){     name=n;     title=t;     a=p; } public boolean equals(politician a){     if(title.equals(a.title))         return true;     return false; } 

however, return false. when test:

priority t4= new politician("arnie", "governor", 4);     politician t5= new politician("bill", "governor", 10);     system.out.println(t5.equals(t4));      system.out.println(t4.equals(t5)); 

i've written equals() before , don't know why it's not working anymore

public boolean equals(politician a) doesn't override equals method in class java.lang.object.

declare public boolean equals(object a) override method.

public boolean equals(object a) {         politician p = (politician) a;         return title.equals(p.title);     } 

btw, legal use p.title inside politician class though title private in politician class. checkout post: access private field of object in same class