Trouble with Object.equals()

[summersab]

Okay, so I'm using a DefaultTreeModel which uses DefaultMutableTreeNodes. The datatype stored in my DefaultMutableTreeNode elements is a string array, i.e. String[]. I'm trying to compare elements of my tree to a string array populated from input data. So, this is what my code looks like (some things may not be declared - this is just a random pull from my program):

String[] leaf = [populated with input data];
DefaultMutableTreeNode child = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(leaf);
DefaultMutableTreeNode parent = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("root");
boolean childExists = false;
for (int n = 0; n < tree.getChildCount(parent); n++)
{
	DefaultMutableTreeNode iterateNode = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) tree.getChild(parent, n);
	Object iterateChild = iterateNode.getUserObject();
	Object currentChild = child.getUserObject();
		    		
	if (iterateChild.equals(currentChild)) {
		childExists = true;
		break;
	}
}

My problem is with the final if statement where it checks for equality. I've tried to cast the objects as strings, string arrays, and other things. I've tried everything I can think of, but even when I'm looking at the variables in Eclipse and I KNOW they're equal, the program never executes that if statement. What am I missing?

[doWhile]

See the API for java.util.Arrays, it contains a method for checking for array equality (Arrays.equals(array1, array2) )

[Norm]

the program never executes that if statement

Try debugging your code by printing out the values being tested:
System.out.println("var1=" + var1 + "< var2=" + var2 + "<");

[summersab]

@doWhile, that worked PERFECTLY! THANKS! AGAIN!!!