question: public boolean equals ( Object obj ) { if ( obj instanceof Policy ) { Policy p = ( Policy ) obj ; if ( rules . equals ( p . rules ) && users . equals ( p . users ) && referrals . equals ( p . referrals ) && respProviders . equals ( p . respProviders ) && conditions . equals ( p . conditions ) ) { return ( true ) ; } } return ( false ) ; }
target:  Checks if two policy objects are equal. This method does not check the policy name and description  for equality.