Using == operator in Java to compare wrapper objects
I'm reading SCJP Java 6 by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates and this book is confusing me so much. On page 245 they state that the following code below. Integer i1 = 1000; Integer i2 = 1000; if(i1 != i2) System.out.println("different objects"); //Prints output different objects Then on the very next page they have the following code Integer i3 = 10; Integer i4 = 10; if(i3 == i4) System.out.println("same objects"); //Prints output same objects I'm so confused! When I try this out on my own it seems that you cannot use the == to compare the same way you would use equals() method. Using the == always