Improved Equality Check
Explore the differences between structural and referential equality in Kotlin and Java. Understand how Kotlin's == operator offers safer null handling compared to Java's equals method, preventing runtime exceptions and producing more reliable comparisons.
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Types of equality checks
Just like Java, Kotlin also has two types of equality checks:
equals()method in Java, or==operator in Kotlin, is a comparison of values, called structural equality.==operator in Java, or===in Kotlin, is a comparison of references, called referential equality. Referential equality compares references and returns true if the two references are identical—that is, they refer to the same exact instance. The operator===in