Why Java does not see that Integers are equal?

Question

I have integers that are supposed to be equal (and I verify it by output). But in my if condition Java does not see these variables to have the same value.

Answer 1

In java numeric values within range of -128 to 127 are cached so if you try to compare

Integer i=12 ;
Integer j=12 ; // j is pointing to same object as i do.
if(i==j)
   print "true";

this would work, but if you try with numbers out of the above give range they need to be compared with equals method for value comparison because "==" will check if both are same object not same value.