equals()

[meena latha]

class C
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Boolean b1 = Boolean.valueOf(true);//line 1
Boolean b2 = Boolean.valueOf(true);//line 2
Boolean b3 = Boolean.valueOf("TrUe");
Boolean b4 = Boolean.valueOf("tRuE");

System.out.print((b1==b2) + ",");
System.out.print((b1.booleanValue()==b2.booleanValue()) + ",");
System.out.println(b3.equals(b4));

Boolean f= new Boolean("TRUE");
Boolean h =new Boolean("true");
System.out.println(f.equals(h));//line 3

String s = new String("true");
String s1= new String("TRUE");
System.out.println(s.equals(s1));//line 4
}
}

output of this program is
true true true
true
flase

My question is how line 1 and line 2 are correct.
The valueOf() takes string as an argument.The line 1 and line 2 is not taking string as an argument so it should throw NumberFormatException.
Why this is not happening.

Then coming to line 3.I though the equals() is case-sensitive but it is not true in line 3 but it is true in line 4.

Can anybody clear all my doubts.
Thanks in advance.

[David Ulicny]

Boolean has two methods
valueOf(boolean b)
valueOf(String s)

Check the API.

[meena latha]

Thanks David that helps...But what about my second part of question ...

Boolean f= new Boolean("TRUE");
Boolean h =new Boolean("true");
System.out.println(f.equals(h));//line 3

String s = new String("true");
String s1= new String("TRUE");
System.out.println(s.equals(s1));//line 4
Then coming to line 3.I though the equals() is case-sensitive but it is not true in line 3 but it is true in line 4.

[Subhash Bhushan C]

The 1.5 API for Boolean class specifies that :

Boolean(String s)
Allocates a Boolean object representing the value true if the string argument is not null and is equal, ignoring case, to the string "true".

And the API for String class specifies that there are two equals() functions available for comparing strings.
1. equals(Object o) -> compares the strings taking case into consideration
2. equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString) -> compares the strings ignoring the case.

If you want to compare the contents of two strings, ignoring the case, you should use equalsIgnoreCase() function.

P.S -> I see that you are maintaining the code-output-question format while posting. keep it up. Put your properly indented code, within

blocks, and the code will appear better.