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+package com.baeldung.initialization;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class StringInitializationUnitTest {
+
+    private String fieldString;
+
+    void printDeclaredOnlyString() {
+        String localVarString = null;
+
+        System.out.println(localVarString); // compilation error
+        System.out.println(fieldString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenDeclaredFeldStringAndNullString_thenCompareEquals() {
+        String localVarString = null;
+
+        assertEquals(fieldString, localVarString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoStringsWithSameLiteral_thenCompareReferencesEquals() {
+        String literalOne = "Baeldung";
+        String literalTwo = "Baeldung";
+
+        assertTrue(literalOne == literalTwo);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoStringsUsingNew_thenCompareReferencesNotEquals() {
+        String newStringOne = new String("Baeldung");
+        String newStringTwo = new String("Baeldung");
+
+        assertFalse(newStringOne == newStringTwo);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyLiteralStringsAndNewObject_thenCompareEquals() {
+        String emptyLiteral = "";
+        String emptyNewString = new String("");
+
+        assertEquals(emptyLiteral, emptyNewString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyStringObjects_thenCompareEquals() {
+        String emptyNewString = new String("");
+        String emptyNewStringTwo = new String();
+
+        assertEquals(emptyNewString, emptyNewStringTwo);
+    }
+}