New to Java

Try this:

public class LongTest {
    
        public static void main (String[] args)
	{
            long long1 = 0xFFFF0000;
            long long2 = -0x00010000;
            
            System.out.println(long1 == long2 ?
                "long1 is equal to long2" :
                "long1 is not equal to long2");
            
            Long long1a = new Long(long1);
            Long long2a = new Long(long2);
            
            System.out.println(long1a.equals(long2a) ?
                "long1a is equal to long2a" :
                "long1a is not equal to long2a");
        }
}

The surprising thing is that researching the documentation reveals that this is expected behavior.

Is this a semantic bug, or what am I missing here?

Regards, Darryl