Super « equal method « Java Class Q&A

1. equals method overrides equals in superclass and may not be symmetric    stackoverflow.com

I have below Findbugs error for my "equal" method,

This class defines an equals method that overrides an equals method in a superclass. Both equals methods methods ...

2. Overriding equals method in superclass    coderanch.com

consider two classes like this class Name{ string name; public Name(String name){ this.name = name; } public boolean equals(Object obj){ if(! obj instanceof Name){ return false; } return name.equals(((Name)obj).name); } } class NameWithInitial extends Name{ char initial; public NameWithInitial(String name, char initial){ super(name); this.initial = initial; } public boolean equals(Object obj){ if(! obj instanceof NameWithInitial){ return false; } else{ return super.equals(obj) ...

3. need help!! How to use super in equals() method and makeCopy() method?    forums.oracle.com