Sammenligne 2 Strings, men melder altid false

Hvorfor virker dette styk kode ikke???

    public boolean doesCharNameExist(String name) throws Exception
    {
        boolean result = false;
   
        try
        {
            _log.fine("Checking new name");
            CharNames status = CheckLoginName.getInstance().getTemplate(name);
           
            _log.fine("found : " + status.get_name() + " Name : " + name);
           
            if (status.get_name() == name)
            {
                _log.fine("charname: "+ name + " already exists. creation failed.");
                result = true;
            }
           
            _log.fine("charname: "+ name + " already NOT exists.");
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            // ignore problems
        }
       
        _log.fine("returning: "+ result);
        return result;
    }

den skriver dette :

Checking new name
found : Stribes Name : Stribes
charname: Stribes already NOT exists.
returning: false

de 2 names er den samme, men den melder false i steder for true som den burde....

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