compare strings in java

In Java, string equals() method compares the two given strings based on the data/content of the string. If all the contents of both the strings are same then it returns true. If any character does not match, then it returns false.

boolean java.lang.String.equals(Object anObject)

Compares this string to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a String object that represents the same sequence of characters as this object. 
true if the given object represents a String equivalent to this string, false otherwise

example:

/**
 * @author lautturi.com
 * Java example: Check whether the strings are the same
 */

import java.util.*;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Lautturi {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
		
		String str1 = "Hello";
	    String str2 = "hello";
	    str1.equals(str2);
        
	}
}