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Exercise: The Duplicate Detector

Understand how to override the equals() and hashCode() methods in Java for a Product class to ensure that two objects with the same ID are treated as equal. Learn best practices for null checking, type verification, and following the equals-hashCode contract to correctly identify duplicates in an inventory system.

Problem statement

You are building an inventory system for an electronics store. You have created a Product class ...