/**
* Returns true if the current object is the same type as the given
* object then has the same value.
* @param mix $p_otherObject
* @return boolean
*/
public function same_as($p_otherObject)
{
return get_class($this) == get_class($p_otherObject)
&& (is_null($this->m_dbObject) && is_null($p_otherObject->m_dbObject)
|| $this->m_dbObject->sameAs($p_otherObject->m_dbObject));
} // fn same_as