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Given two non-null String objects with reference names apples and oranges,
if apples ____ oranges evaluates to true, then apples ____ oranges must also evaluate to true.
equals() equals() equals(), == equals(), =! A.
If two String objects evaluate to true using ==, then they are the same object.
If they are the same String object, equals() will trivially return true.
Option A correctly reflects this principle.
Option B is incorrect as two String objects that are not the same may still be equivalent in terms of equals().
For example, apples == new String(apples) evaluates to false, but equals() will evaluate to true on these String objects.
Options C and D are also incorrect because two String objects that are equivalent in terms of equals() may be different objects.