Weird problem i have with JTextField

Question

I have a weird problem with this code...
if
JTextField.setText("value")
then why is
JTextField.getText() == "value"
false?
Can somebody please tell me why this happens....
The applet below illustrates the problem
public class help extends javax.swing.JApplet {
private javax.swing.JTextField Sample;
public help() {
initComponents();
DemonstrateProblem();
public void DemonstrateProblem()
System.out.println(Sample.getText());
if(Sample.getText() == "value")
System.out.println("This is what you think will happen");
else
System.out.println("But instead you end up here");
System.out.println("Why????");
private void initComponents()
               Sample = new javax.swing.JTextField();
               Sample.setText("value");

Answer 1

Thanks for the help...
I didn't realize that by using "==" i was comparing the objects and not the strings they contained.. (did i get that right??)
anyways i used your suggestion and now it works....
I am posted my new code for thoose who may want to learn from my mistake
public class help extends javax.swing.JApplet {
private javax.swing.JTextField Sample;
     private java.lang.String StrSample;
public help() {
initComponents();
DemonstrateProblem();
public void DemonstrateProblem()
          System.out.println("This is what Sample =");
System.out.println(Sample.getText());
          System.out.println("This is what StrSample =");
          System.out.println(StrSample);
if(StrSample.equals("value"))
System.out.println("This is what you think will happen");
else
System.out.println("But instead you end up here");
System.out.println("Why????");
private void initComponents()
               Sample = new javax.swing.JTextField();
               Sample.setText("value");
               StrSample = Sample.getText();