String Pool

[Igor Fortunato]

When we create any String, that String goes to the String pool, and when another String, with the same value, is created, this new String points to the old one(with the same value), right?
The following code prints "False", WHY? Can anyone help me?
1: Byte b1 = new Byte("127");
2:
3: if(b1.toString() == b1.toString())
4: System.out.println("True");
5: else
6: System.out.println("False");

[Shaliey Gowtham]

toString() method returns different String objects on each call.
b1.toString().equals(b1.toString()) is true

[Igor Fortunato]

Thanks for help, Shaliey.

[Vlado Zajac]

Originally posted by Igor Fortunato:
When we create any String, that String goes to the String pool, and when another String, with the same value, is created, this new String points to the old one(with the same value), right?

Not. This is only true for interned Strings (Strings obtained by calling intern method of some String) and String literals.