Difference between intern() and equals() string methods in Java?

A pool of Strings is maintained by the String class, when the intern() method is invoked, For any two given strings S1 & S2, S1.intern( ) == S2.intern() only if S1.equals(S2) is true.

When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a string equal to this String object as determined by the equals(Object) method, then the string from the pool is returned. Otherwise, this String object is added to the pool and a reference to this String object is returned. 

For example

public class StringDemo 
{
	 public static void main(String[] args) 
	 {
		 String S1 = new String("Hello");
		 String S2 = new String("Hello");
		 String S3 = "Hello";
		 String S4 = "Hello";
		 String S5 = "Hello World";
		 

		 System.out.println("S1 and S2 comparison:");
		 System.out.println(S1==S2);  //Output: false
                 System.out.println(S1.equals(S2));  //Output: true
		 System.out.println(S1.intern()==S2.intern());  //Output: true

		 System.out.println("S3 and S4 comparison:");
		 System.out.println(S3==S4);  //Output true
		 System.out.println(S3.equals(S4));  //Output: true

		 System.out.println("S1 and S3 comparison:");
		 System.out.println(S1==S3);  //Output: false
		 System.out.println(S1.equals(S3));  //Output: true
		 System.out.println(S1.intern()==S3.intern()); //Output: true

		 System.out.println("S1 and S5 comparison:");
		 System.out.println(S1==S5);  //Output: false
		 System.out.println(S1.equals(S5));  //Output: false
		 System.out.println(S1.intern()==S5.intern()); //Output: false
	 }
}