所有对象都保证有一个.equals()方法，因为Object包含一个返回布尔值的方法。equals()。如果需要进一步的定义，子类的工作就是重写这个方法。如果没有它(即使用==)，则只检查两个对象之间的内存地址是否相等。String重写了这个.equals()方法，它没有使用内存地址，而是返回字符级别的字符串的相等性比较。

A key note is that strings are stored in one lump pool so once a string is created it is forever stored in a program at the same address. Strings do not change, they are immutable. This is why it is a bad idea to use regular string concatenation if you have a serious of amount of string processing to do. Instead you would use the StringBuilder classes provided. Remember the pointers to this string can change and if you were interested to see if two pointers were the same == would be a fine way to go. Strings themselves do not.

==操作符检查两个字符串是否完全相同的对象。

equals()方法将检查两个字符串是否具有相同的值。

如果equals()方法出现在java.lang.Object类中，并且希望它检查对象状态的等价性!也就是说，对象的内容。而==运算符则用于检查实际的对象实例是否相同。

例子

考虑两个不同的参考变量str1和str2:

str1 = new String("abc");
str2 = new String("abc");

如果你使用equals()

System.out.println((str1.equals(str2))?"TRUE":"FALSE");

如果使用==，您将得到TRUE的输出。

System.out.println((str1==str2) ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");

现在您将得到FALSE作为输出，因为str1和str2都指向两个不同的对象，尽管它们共享相同的字符串内容。因为有了new String()，每次都会创建一个新对象。

我同意zacherates的回答。

但是你能做的是在非文字字符串上调用intern()。

来自zacherates的例子:

// ... but they are not the same object
new String("test") == "test" ==> false 

如果你实习非文字字符串相等为真:

new String("test").intern() == "test" ==> true 

功能:

public float simpleSimilarity(String u, String v) {
    String[] a = u.split(" ");
    String[] b = v.split(" ");

    long correct = 0;
    int minLen = Math.min(a.length, b.length);

    for (int i = 0; i < minLen; i++) {
        String aa = a[i];
        String bb = b[i];
        int minWordLength = Math.min(aa.length(), bb.length());

        for (int j = 0; j < minWordLength; j++) {
            if (aa.charAt(j) == bb.charAt(j)) {
                correct++;
            }
        }
    }

    return (float) (((double) correct) / Math.max(u.length(), v.length()));
}

测试:

String a = "This is the first string.";

String b = "this is not 1st string!";

// for exact string comparison, use .equals

boolean exact = a.equals(b);

// For similarity check, there are libraries for this
// Here I'll try a simple example I wrote

float similarity = simple_similarity(a,b);

==操作符检查两个引用是否指向同一个对象。.equals()检查实际的字符串内容(值)。

注意.equals()方法属于类Object(所有类的超类)。您需要根据您的类需求重写它，但是对于String，它已经实现了，并且它检查两个字符串是否具有相同的值。

Case 1 String s1 = "Stack Overflow"; String s2 = "Stack Overflow"; s1 == s2; //true s1.equals(s2); //true Reason: String literals created without null are stored in the String pool in the permgen area of heap. So both s1 and s2 point to same object in the pool. Case 2 String s1 = new String("Stack Overflow"); String s2 = new String("Stack Overflow"); s1 == s2; //false s1.equals(s2); //true Reason: If you create a String object using the new keyword a separate space is allocated to it on the heap.