Boolean.TRUE == myBoolean vs. Boolean.TRUE.equals(myBoolean)

Question

Is there ever a situation where using equals(Boolean) and == would return different results when dealing with Boolean objects?

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Answer 1

It would be dangerous to use == because myBoolean may not have originated from one of the constants, but have been constructed as new Boolean(boolValue), in which case == would always result in false. You can use just

myBoolean.booleanValue()

with neither == nor equals involved, giving reliable results. If you must cater for null-values as well, then there's nothing better than your equals approach.