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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