From 7649f192157c2c7cd6f4d8f97cd45a0fd1e5caa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John <john@example.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 19:03:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add duck typing equals check to TextBox

---
 src/TextBox.java | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/TextBox.java b/src/TextBox.java
index dea5ad9..8d9f4b6 100644
--- a/src/TextBox.java
+++ b/src/TextBox.java
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ public class TextBox extends Rectangle {
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
-        return this == o;
+        try {
+            TextBox t = (TextBox)o;
+            // duck typing equals check
+            // if it shows the same id, assume that it is equal; this is because ids should be unique
+            // also makes some corner cases easier
+            return this.id.equals(t.id);
+        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }