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StringEqualsCharSequence

java/java-impl/resources/inspectionDescriptions/StringEqualsCharSequence.html

2025.3-rc-2485 B
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Reports calls to String.equals() with a CharSequence as the argument.

String.equals() can only return true for String arguments. To compare the contents of a String with a non-String CharSequence argument, use the contentEquals() method.

Example:

boolean equals(String s, CharSequence ch) {
    return s.equals(ch);
  }

After quick-fix is applied:

boolean equals(String s, CharSequence ch) {
    return s.contentEquals(ch);
  }

New in 2017.3