Compare strings in java

A) equals method

The equals method compares the contents, not the reference.

s1.equals(s2); returns true if s1 and s2 contain the same contents.

B.T.W, s1 and s2 must be the same class type, or it returns false.

B) == it compares the reference

s1 == s2 iif s1 and s2 point to the same object.

 

However;

s1="Java";

s2="Java";

s1 == s2 returns true

 

c) compareTo method can be used to compare the contents as well.

It returns either negative, 0 when they equal), or positive.