Hi,
there's a very good description of String interning here:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/06/all_about_inter.html
MartiNG
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> Subject:
> why does jaxb compare strings with == instead of .equals
> From:
> jtmelton <jtmelton_at_gmail.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:16:58 -0700 (PDT)
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>
> I wanted to ask why JAXB compares strings with the equals operator
> (==) instead of the equals method. My understanding is that the equals
> method only works when comparing the same object or 2 strings that
> have both been initialized to the same value via the standard double
> quote initialization. In this case, it appears that an initialized
> string is being compared to a method parameter. Why would JAXB do it
> this way? As an example please look at the leaveElement method at this
> link.
> http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/jaxb/CollectionTypeImpl.java
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
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