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# Java - String contentEquals() Method

## Description:

This method returns true if and only if this String represents the same sequence of characters as the specified StringBuffer.

## Syntax:

Here is the syntax of this method:

    public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb)

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- StringBuffer sb : the StringBuffer to compare to.

## Return Value :

- This method returns true if and only if this String represents the same sequence of characters as the specified StringBuffer, otherwise false.

## Example:

    public class Test{
       public static void main(String args[]){
          String str1 = "Not immutable";
          String str2 = "Strings are immutable";
          StringBuffer str3 = new StringBuffer( "Not immutable");

          boolean  result = str1.contentEquals( str3 );
          System.out.println(result);

          result = str2.contentEquals( str3 );
          System.out.println(result);
       }
    }

This produces following result:

    true
    false

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