Thread: Implementing a good .equals method?

I am making a programming project that implements terms for polynomials. For example, if I put "7x^3+4x^2", then the class has an inner array list that stores "7x^3" and "4x^2". However, I need to implement a method .equals that I don't know how to implement very well. here is the method:

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Polynomial P)
	{
		return true;
	}

It has as a parameter another Polynomial P. However, the class does not include a method get() or getTerm(), so I can't do the following:

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Polynomial P)
	{
		int counter = -1;
		for(int i = 0; i <= this.terms.size() - 1; i++)
		{
			if(!(this.get(i).equals(P.get(i))))
			{
				counter = 1;
				break;
			}
		}
		return couter == -1;
	}

I think I am supposed to do it with a for each loop. Can anyone help me and give me a hint of how it should be done?