Java Back End Developer Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

The equals method compares the content of two strings, while the == operator compares the memory addresses of the strings.

• equals method checks if two strings have the same content

• == operator checks if two strings are stored in the same memory location

• Example: String str1 = new String("hello"); String str2 = new String("hello"); str1.equals(str2) returns true, but str1 == str2 returns false