public boolean equals(Object anObject) {

        if (this == anObject) {

            return true;

        }

        if (anObject instanceof String) {

            String anotherString = (String)anObject;

            int n = value.length;

            if (n == anotherString.value.length) {

                char v1[] = value;

                char v2[] = anotherString.value;

                int i = 0;

                while (n-- != 0) {

                    if (v1[i] != v2[i])

                        return false;

                    i++;

                }

                return true;

            }

        }

        return false;

    }

/** The value is used for character storage. */
private final char value[];
private int hash;// Default to 0
public int hashCode() {

        int h = hash;

        if (h == 0 && value.length > 0) {

            char val[] = value;

            for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {

                h = 31 * h + val[i];

            }

            hash = h;

        }

        return h;

    }