How would I compare an object that I created using scanner. To an object stored of the same class that I placed in the java link list.
This is where I get the object stored in the phone book class where my java link list is.
//this is the class I will use to
//create an object to store in the objects of link list
//here I will store the records
public class Person
{
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private String phoneNumber;
public Person()
{
firstName="";
lastName="";
phoneNumber="";
}
public Person(String nombre,String last, String number)
{
firstName=nombre;
lastName=last;
phoneNumber=number;
StringBuilder str =new StringBuilder(phoneNumber);
str.insert(3,"-");
str.insert(7,"-");
phoneNumber=str.toString();
}
public Person(String nombre, String last)
{
firstName=nombre;
lastName=last;
phoneNumber="";
}
}
//this will see if the two object are equal without comparing phone numbers
public boolean same(Person waco)
{
boolean perro=false;
if(firstName == waco.firstName && lastName == waco.lastName)
{
perro =true;
}
return perro;
}
This is how I add entry to my link List.
//santiago is the link list
if( input == 'n')
{
System.out.println("you have chose to add an entry");
String first; //this will hold the firstName
String last; //this will hold the last Name
String phone; //this will hold the phoneNumber
System.out.println("enter the first name");
first=keyboard.nextLine();
System.out.println("enter the last Name of this person");
last=keyboard.nextLine();
System.out.println("insert phone in the following form without dashses xxx-xxx-xxxx");
phone = keyboard.nextLine();
keyboard.nextLine();
santiago.add(new Person(first,last,phone));
}
Now what I am trying to do is see how a Person object I put into my list, is equal to a new Person item I created using scanner in this following part of the code
if( input == 's')
{
System.out.println("enter a first Name");
String first = keyboard.nextLine(); //put in here the first name
System.out.println("enter a last name");
String last =keyboard.nextLine(); //put in the last Name
Person agustin = new Person(first ,last);
Person maria = santiago.get(0);
System.out.println(agustin.same(maria));
}
Now if santiago and maria objects have the same first and last Name the same method should return true
But my program returns to it to me as false. I am not sure why?
