class InventoryItem { private String _name; private int _howMany; private double _cost; public InventoryItem ( String name, int howMany, double cost) { _name = name; _howMany = howMany; _cost = cost; } public String getName() { return _name; } public int gethowMany() { return _howMany; } public double getCost() { return _cost; } public String toString() { String s = "Name: " + _name + " Cost: " + _cost + " Quantity: " + _howMany + " "; return s; } public boolean equals(Object o) { InventoryItem ii = (InventoryItem) o; String name = ii.getName(); int howMany = ii.gethowMany(); double cost = ii.getCost(); InventoryItem temp = new InventoryItem(name, howMany, cost); if (temp._name == name) { return true; } else return false; } }

my equals method isnt working correctly, from the instructions must use signature equals method but it will be necessary to conver the Object to an InventoryItem instance for the comparison...