public class ReferenceCheck { public static void main(String[] args) { String s1 = new String("abc"); String s2 = new String("abc"); String s3 = s2; String s4 = "abc"; System.out.println("s1.equals(s2) " + s1.equals(s2)); System.out.println("s1==s2 " + (s1 == s2)); System.out.println("s1==s3 " + (s1 == s3)); System.out.println("s1==s4 " + (s1 == s4)); System.out.println("s2==s3 " + (s2 == s3)); System.out.println("s2==s3 " + (s2 == s4)); System.out.println("s3==s4 " + (s3 == s4)); } }