How is it possible for two String objects with identical values not to be equal under the == operator?

The == operator compares two objects to determine if they are the same object in memory. It is possible for two String objects to have the same value, but located indifferent areas of memory.

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lwpro2
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Mar 13th, 2011

Normally, when define a string instance, if using, String s = "ABC"; the existing string variable at the string pool is returned.
However, if using new String("ABC") there is always one additional String object created. Besides, the new String() object is != "ABC", however, using equals, it return true.