Java null String equals result

Question

Please help me how does the string.equals in java work with null value? Is there some problem with exceptions? Three cases:

boolean result1,result2, result3;         


        

Answer 1

Indeed, you cannot use the dot operator on a null variable to call a non static method.

Despite this, all depends on overriding the equals() method of the Object class. In the case of the String class, is:

public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
    if (this == anObject) {
        return true;
    }
    if (anObject instanceof String) {
        String anotherString = (String)anObject;
        int n = count;
        if (n == anotherString.count) {
            char v1[] = value;
            char v2[] = anotherString.value;
            int i = offset;
            int j = anotherString.offset;
            while (n-- != 0) {
                if (v1[i++] != v2[j++])
                    return false;
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

If you pass null as parameter, both "if" will fail, returning false;

An alternative for your case is to build a method for your requirements:

public static boolean myEquals(String s1, String s2){
    if(s1 == null)
        return s2 == null;
    return s1.equals(s2);
}