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String API curiosity

807598Jan 12 2006 — edited Jan 12 2006

I just noticed the equalsIgnoreCase(. . .) method specifically takes a String object as its parameter
but the equals(. . .) method specifically takes an Object object as its parameter (which needs to be a String anyhow).
Anyone know the logic behind that difference?

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