Why doesn't my equality comparison using = (a single equals) work correctly in Java?
Solution 1:
You should compare (==) instead of assigning (=). It can be very dangerous! To avoid such situations you can use Yoda notation so instead of comparing
address1.compareTo(address2) == 1
You can compare:
1 == address1.compareTo(address2)
In case of missing =, there will be comparation error.
In your case, it would be better to compare:
address1.compareTo(address2) > 0
