What is the best way to do comparisons?

[jasminetracey]

So i have a Published class state

 class Published extends MemorialState
{
    public static $name = 'published';
}

// State here is set to published state class
if ($state === 'published') // false

if ($state == 'published') // true

if ($state === Published::class) // false

if ($state === Published::$name) // false

What is the best way to compare the state?

[jasminetracey]

Did some code diving and found that there is an equals check on the state class so i am using

if(status->equals(Published::class)) //true

[T620]

Where can I find this in the documentation? Finding it hard to justify using this package if there's little eloquent helpers that I could probably build myself