When You Implement Equals in a Subclass, You Should First

question 86

Multiple Choice

When you implement equals in a subclass, you should first call equals in the superclass.Why?

• A)To ensure that the superclass constructor has already executed.
• B)To check whether the objects being compared are instances of the same class.
• C)To prevent a bad cast and the possibility of an exception.
• D)To check whether the superclass instance variables match.

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