Overriding toString and equals

In this problem: You will override the toString() and equals() methods in a Product class to customize object string representation and equality comparison.

Learning Objective: Understand how to override toString() and equals() inherited from the Object class and their practical usage

Overview

All Java classes inherit from the Object class, which provides toString() and equals() methods. The default toString() returns the class name and hash code, and the default equals() compares reference identity (==). In practical classes, these are overridden to provide meaningful behavior.

Specifications

Product Class

• Has String name and int price fields
• Constructor Product(String name, int price) initializes fields
• Override toString() to return "Product{name='<name>', price=<price>}"
• Override equals(Object obj) to return true if name and price are equal

Main Class

• Create Product p1 = new Product("Laptop", 1200)
• Create Product p2 = new Product("Laptop", 1200)
• Create Product p3 = new Product("Phone", 800)
• Output p1.toString() result
• Output p3.toString() result
• Output "p1.equals(p2): " + p1.equals(p2) result
• Output "p1.equals(p3): " + p1.equals(p3) result

Output Format

Product{name='Laptop', price=1200}
Product{name='Phone', price=800}
p1.equals(p2): true
p1.equals(p3): false