How does equals method work on a String Buffer object!

[javabeginner29]

My program is:

import java.io.*;
class Palindrome 
{
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		try{
			// Open the file that is the first 
			// command line parameter
			FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("Words.txt");
			// Get the object of DataInputStream
			DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
			BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
			
			while(br.readLine()!= null){
			StringBuffer strLine = new StringBuffer(br.readLine());
				
				String str1 = strLine.toString();
				String str2 = strLine.reverse().toString();
				
			
			if (str1.equals(str2)) {
				 
				System.out.println(str1 + " is  a palindrome");
			}
			}
			
			
			//Close the input stream
			in.close();
		}catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
			System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
		}
	}
}

This program checks if a string is a palindrome by reading each word which is on a different line from the file Word.txt. This works .. But my question is :

when I give if(strLine.equals(strLine.reverse()) it doesnot give the desired output. It simply prints all the words in the file Word.txt concatenated with " is a palindrome". Why is it so?

 

[John Joe]

Because you have this line which read all the words in file Word.txt

StringBuffer strLine = new StringBuffer(br.readLine());

 

[Devid jack]

Hello,
StringBuffer sb= new StringBuffer("Java");
StringBuffer sb1 = new StringBuffer("Java");
System.out.println(sb1.equals(sb2));
The above code will work to check the value of the objects.
Thanks
David jack