public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(Object anObject);

package in.bench.resources.string.methods;

public class StringEqualsIgnoreCaseMethod {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// string literal and objects
		String str1 = "bench";
		String str2 = new String("bench");
		String str3 = new String("BENCH");

		// comparing string literal and string object
		boolean bool1 = str1.equalsIgnoreCase(str2);

		// printing to the console
		System.out.println("str1 and str2 are equal ? : " + bool1);

		// comparing string literal and string object
		boolean bool2 = str1.equalsIgnoreCase(str3);

		// printing to the console
		System.out.println("str2 and str3 are equal ? : " + bool2);

		// in-line equality check
		System.out.println("str1 and ORACLE are equal ? : "
				+ str1.equalsIgnoreCase("ORACLE"));
	}
}

str1 and str2 are equal ? : true
str2 and str3 are equal ? : true
str1 and ORACLE are equal ? : false