Is equal method in Object class?

equals(Object obj) is the method of Object class . This method is used to compare the given objects. It is suggested to override equals(Object obj) method to get our own equality condition on Objects.

In Java, the == operator compares that two references are identical or not . Whereas the equals() method compares two objects. Objects are equal when they have the same state (usually comparing variables). Objects are identical when they share the class identity.

I wanted to clarify if I understand this correctly: == is a reference comparison, i.e. both objects point to the same memory location . . equals() evaluates to the comparison of values in the objects .