== concept from the Java knowledge base

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== has purpose to compare any two variables to test if they are identical, which means they either refer to the same objects or have the same primitive values source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:54.0
is a subtopic of Operators
is an instance of binary operator added by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:54.0
is an instance of identity comparison operator
is an instance of relational operator
is used by boolean data type source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:54.0
returns a boolean

binary operator uses an infix notation 2001-10-19 11:36:10.0

operator evaluates to its result 2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
has precedence
is part of an expression
is evaluated before another operator with lower precedence

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

==	has purpose to compare any two variables to test if they are identical, which means they either refer to the same objects or have the same primitive values
	is a subtopic of Operators
	is an instance of binary operator
	is an instance of identity comparison operator
	is an instance of relational operator
	is used by boolean data type
	returns a boolean
binary operator	uses an infix notation
operator	evaluates to its result
	has precedence
	is part of an expression
	is evaluated before another operator with lower precedence
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional