On the usage of Java equality operator [duplicate]

Answer 1

In java when you create objects with new keyword they are created in heap at some location .

Even if you create third reference variable str3 with new then also it will give you false if compare reference with str2

String str1 = "Hi there";
String str2 = new String("Hi there");
String str3 = new String("Hi there");

 str2==str3 gives you false

So when you compare the values of objects use equals rather than reference .