下面是关系运算符==和方法.equals()之间区别的一般规则。

object1 == object2比较object1和object2引用的对象是否指向Heap中的相同内存位置。

object1.equals(object2)比较object1和object2的值，而不管它们位于内存中的哪个位置。

可以使用String很好地演示这一点

场景1

 public class Conditionals {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
       String str1 = "Hello";
       String str2 = new String("Hello");
       System.out.println("is str1 == str2 ? " + (str1 == str2 ));
       System.out.println("is str1.equals(str2) ? " + (str1.equals(str2 )));
    }

 }



The result is
      is str1 == str2 ? false
      is str1.equals(str2) ? true 

场景2

public class Conditionals {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
       String str1 = "Hello";
       String str2 = "Hello";
       System.out.println("is str1 == str2 ? " + (str1 == str2 ));
       System.out.println("is str1.equals(str2) ? " + (str1.equals(str2 )));
    }

}

The result is 
  is str1 == str2 ? true
  is str1.equals(str2) ? true

这种字符串比较可以用作比较其他类型对象的基础。

例如，如果我有一个Person类，我需要定义比较两个Person的标准。假设person类有身高和体重的实例变量。

因此，创建person对象person1和person2，并使用.equals()来比较这两个对象，我需要重写person类的equals方法，以定义基于哪个实例变量(高度或重量)的比较。

但是，==操作符仍然会根据两个对象(person1和person2)的内存位置返回结果。

为了便于泛化这个人对象比较，我创建了以下测试类。对这些概念进行实验会发现大量的事实。

package com.tadtab.CS5044;

public class Person {

private double height;
private double weight;

public double getHeight() {
    return height;
}

public void setHeight(double height) {
    this.height = height;
}

public double getWeight() {
    return weight;
}

public void setWeight(double weight) {
    this.weight = weight;
}


@Override
public int hashCode() {
    final int prime = 31;
    int result = 1;
    long temp;
    temp = Double.doubleToLongBits(height);
    result = prime * result + (int) (temp ^ (temp >>> 32));
    return result;
}

@Override
/**
 * This method uses the height as a means of comparing person objects.
 * NOTE: weight is not part of the comparison criteria
 */
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (this == obj)
        return true;
    if (obj == null)
        return false;
    if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
        return false;
    Person other = (Person) obj;
    if (Double.doubleToLongBits(height) != Double.doubleToLongBits(other.height))
        return false;
    return true;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    Person person1 = new Person();
    person1.setHeight(5.50);
    person1.setWeight(140.00);
    
    Person person2 = new Person();
    person2.setHeight(5.70);
    person2.setWeight(160.00);
    
    Person person3 = new Person();
    person3 = person2;
    
    Person person4 = new Person();
    person4.setHeight(5.70);
    
    Person person5 = new Person();
    person5.setWeight(160.00);
    
    System.out.println("is person1 == person2 ? " + (person1 == person2)); // false;
    System.out.println("is person2 == person3 ? " + (person2 == person3)); // true 
    //this is because perosn3 and person to refer to the one person object in memory. They are aliases;
    System.out.println("is person2.equals(person3) ? " + (person2.equals(person3))); // true;
    
    System.out.println("is person2.equals(person4) ? " + (person2.equals(person4))); // true;
    
    // even if the person2 and person5 have the same weight, they are not equal.
    // it is because their height is different
    System.out.println("is person2.equals(person4) ? " + (person2.equals(person5))); // false;
}

}

这个类执行的结果是:

is person1 == person2 ? false
is person2 == person3 ? true
is person2.equals(person3) ? true
is person2.equals(person4) ? true
is person2.equals(person4) ? false

可能值得添加的是，对于基本类型的包装器对象，例如Int, Long, Double - ==如果两个值相等将返回true。

Long a = 10L;
Long b = 10L;

if (a == b) {
    System.out.println("Wrapped primitives behave like values");
}

相比之下，将上述两个long放入两个单独的数组列表中，equals将它们视为相同，而==则不同。

ArrayList<Long> c = new ArrayList<>();
ArrayList<Long> d = new ArrayList<>();

c.add(a);
d.add(b);
if (c == d) System.out.println("No way!");
if (c.equals(d)) System.out.println("Yes, this is true.");

由于Java不支持操作符重载，==的行为是相同的 除equals()外的每个对象都可以使用is方法，该方法可以在 可以根据业务更改用于比较对象的Java和逻辑 规则。

在Java中==和=的主要区别是“==”被用来 建议检查equals()方法时比较原语 对象相等。

字符串比较是同时使用==和equals()方法的常见场景。由于java.lang.String类重写等于方法，它 如果两个String对象包含相同的内容，但== will返回true 只有当两个引用指向同一个对象时才返回true。

下面是一个使用==和equals()方法比较Java中两个string是否相等的例子，这将消除一些疑问:

 public class TEstT{

        public static void main(String[] args) {
            
    String text1 = new String("apple");
    String text2 = new String("apple");
          
    //since two strings are different object result should be false
    boolean result = text1 == text2;
    System.out.println("Comparing two strings with == operator: " + result);
          
    //since strings contains same content , equals() should return true
    result = text1.equals(text2);
    System.out.println("Comparing two Strings with same content using equals method: " + result);
          
    text2 = text1;
    //since both text2 and text1d reference variable are pointing to same object
    //"==" should return true
    result = (text1 == text2);
    System.out.println("Comparing two reference pointing to same String with == operator: " + result);

    }
    }

在计算代码时，很明显(==)是根据内存地址进行比较，而equals(Object o)是比较实例的hashCode()。 这就是为什么如果以后不遇到意外，就不要破坏equals()和hashCode()之间的契约。

    String s1 = new String("Ali");
    String s2 = new String("Veli");
    String s3 = new String("Ali");

    System.out.println(s1.hashCode());
    System.out.println(s2.hashCode());
    System.out.println(s3.hashCode());


    System.out.println("(s1==s2):" + (s1 == s2));
    System.out.println("(s1==s3):" + (s1 == s3));


    System.out.println("s1.equals(s2):" + (s1.equals(s2)));
    System.out.println("s1.equal(s3):" + (s1.equals(s3)));


    /*Output 
    96670     
    3615852
    96670
    (s1==s2):false
    (s1==s3):false
    s1.equals(s2):false
    s1.equal(s3):true
    */

public class StringPool {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    String s1 = "Cat";// will create reference in string pool of heap memory
    String s2 = "Cat";
    String s3 = new String("Cat");//will create a object in heap memory

    // Using == will give us true because same reference in string pool

    if (s1 == s2) {
        System.out.println("true");
    } else {
        System.out.println("false");
    }

    // Using == with reference and Object will give us False

    if (s1 == s3) {
        System.out.println("true");
    } else {
        System.out.println("false");
    }

    // Using .equals method which refers to value

    if (s1.equals(s3)) {
        System.out.println("true");
    } else {
        System.out.println("False");
    }

    }
  }

——输出 真正的 假 真正的

==是一个操作符，equals()是一个方法。

运算符通常用于基元类型比较，因此==用于内存地址比较，equals()方法用于对象比较。