Differentiate String == Operator and Equals() Method in Java

public class Differentiate {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String name1 = new String("CodeOfCode");
        String name2 = new String("CodeOfCode");
        System.out.println("Check if two strings are equal");

        //check  using == operator
        boolean result1 = (name1 == name2);
        System.out.println("Using == operator the result is: " + result1);

        // check using equals() method
        boolean result2 = name1.equals(name2);
        System.out.println("Using equals() the result is: " + result2);
    }
}

Check if two strings are equal
 Using == operator the result is: false
 Using equals() the result is: true

• This program is used to distinguish between the operator == and the method equals() in Java.
• Two string objects are created name1 and name2 and both contain the same parameter CodeOfCode that is used to verify the difference.
• First, the == operator is applied to check whether the reference towards both the string objects is equal and the output is stored in a Boolean variable result1. In this case, the == operator will return false. Since, the string objects are not of same references.
• Then the method equals() is applied to check whether both the string objects hold the same parameter values and the output is stored in the Boolean variable result2. In this case, the equals() method will return true because both the string objects are the same i.e. hold content CodeOfCode

public class Differentiate {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String name1 = new String("CodeOfCode");
        String name2 = name1;
        System.out.println("Check if two strings are equal");

        // check using == operator
        boolean result1 = (name1 == name2);
        System.out.println("Using == operator: " + result1);

        // check using equals() method
        boolean result2 = name1.equals(name2);
        System.out.println("Using equals(): " + result2);
    }
}

Check if two strings are equal
 Using == operator: true
 Using equals(): true

Here, name1 and name2 both have same references. Hence, name1 == name2 returns true.