Node.getNodeValue() problem

[Michael Ryan Bannon]

Hello,   This might be just a stupid Java problem I'm overlooking.   The snippet below deals with a TEXT_NODE with a String value "and":   ============================================ ...   // Output the value of a text node. // This should, and does, output "and". System.out.println(node.getNodeValue());   // Test the node. if (node.getNodeValue() == "and")     System.out.println("it worked");   .. ============================================   Now, I've confirmed that it's a text node before the snippet.  The first println outputs "and".  However, the "if" statement is false, so I never see "it worked".  How is this possible?   This seems so trivial...what am I missing?   Thanks in advance,   Ryan