Google have a nice equals method to make boiler plate equals easier to read. Particularly good if you have many attributes in the method. http://publicobject.com/2007/09/coding-in-small-with-google-collections_8175.html
Be careful to check that your objects are consistent with equals though. I have mentioned this before.
Feb
16
2010
16
2010
Google Objects.equal, useful but be careful.
Oct
24
2009
24
2009
IDE Generation of equals methods has its moments
This blog entry looks at the code generated by Eclipse and Netbeans and demonstrates why its a good idea to both test the code and review it thoroughly.