Re: "some text".equals(someString)

[Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>]

On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 07:52, E.L. Willighagen wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> can anyone tell me the difference (performance etc) between:
> 
> 1. String someString = "text"
>    if ("some text".equals(someString)) {};
> 
> and
> 
> 2. String someString = "text"
>    if (someString.equals("some text")) {};

Performance will be the same, but (1) is safer is someString could ever
be null, as a NullPointerException will not be throw.

Ross
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