When we write the following code in Java:
object1 == object2;
on what basis does the operator ‘==’ decide equality?
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If
object1andobject2are reference types, then==checks ifobject1andobject2are both references to the same object.See 15.21 Equality Operators in the Java Language Specification for full details.