IF Else Error. Why?

[Phillipe Rodrigues]

String value1 ="yes";
 
String value2 =request.getParameter("value2");  .... (1)//Option:<Input type ="text" name ="value2" value ="yes";>
 
 
 
Try1 first_try =new Try1();
 
boolean first =first_try.newValue(value1);         .....(2)
 
boolean second =first_try.newValue(value2);        .....(3)

Try1.class

public class Try1 {
 
 
 
public static boolean newValue(String val){
 
                        if(val =="yes")
 
                        return true;
 
                        else
 
                        return false;
 
            }
 
 }

What should be the output for (2) and (3) and why?

[David O'Meara]

never use '==' evaluation for Strings. Always "value".equals(value)