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'equals()' call can be replaced with '=='

Reports calls to equals() that can be replaced by == or != expressions without a change in semantics.

These calls can be replaced when they are used to compare final classes that don't have their own equals() implementation but use the default Object.equals(). This replacement may result in better performance.

There is a separate inspection for equals() calls on enum values: 'equals()' called on Enum value.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

ObjectEqualsCanBeEquality
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Performance

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection ObjectEqualsCanBeEquality

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025