I switched lecturers today and he stated using a weird code to me. (He said it's better to use .equals and when I asked why, he answered "because it is!")
So here's an example:
if (o1.equals(o2))
{
System.out.println("Both integer objects are the same");
}
Instead of what I'm used to:
if (o1 == o2)
{
System.out.println("Both integer objects are the same");
}
What's the difference between the two. And why is his way (using .equals) better?
Found this on a quick search but I can't really make sense of that answer: