'String.equals()' called with 'CharSequence' argument

Reports calls to String.equals() with a CharSequence as the argument.

String.equals() can only return true for String arguments. To compare the contents of a String with a non-String CharSequence argument, use the contentEquals() method.

Example:

boolean equals(String s, CharSequence ch) {
  return s.equals(ch);
}

After quick-fix is applied:

boolean equals(String s, CharSequence ch) {
  return s.contentEquals(ch);
}

New in 2017.3

Inspection Details
Available in:	IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3
Plugin:	Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023