Java == for String objects ceased to work?

Question

  public class Comparison {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            String s = \"prova\";
            String s2 = \"prova\";
            System.         


        

Answer 1

The JVM may optimize the String usage so that there is only one instance of the "equal" String in memory. In this case also the == operator will return true. But don't count on it, though.