* object being tested for equality to the custom interface. {@code ForwardingObject} implements no
 * such custom interfaces directly; they are implemented only in subclasses. Therefore, forwarding
 * {@code equals} would break symmetry, as the forwarding object might consider itself equal to the
 * object being tested, but the reverse could not be true. This behavior is consistent with the

 * object being tested for equality to the custom interface. {@code ForwardingObject} implements no
 * such custom interfaces directly; they are implemented only in subclasses. Therefore, forwarding
 * {@code equals} would break symmetry, as the forwarding object might consider itself equal to the
 * object being tested, but the reverse could not be true. This behavior is consistent with the