Why does x.equals(y) throw an error in Java?

Question

Why does this program throw an error?

public class Program
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x=5;
int y=8;
System.out.println(x.equals(y));

}
}

Answer 1

Konsel

equals() method is a method which is inherited from the Object class.

int, char, double and so on are primitive datatypes. Here you can use == to compare them.

But all of them have a wrapper class.
int -> Integer
char -> Character
double -> Double
and so on...

You can do this:

Integer x = 5;
Integer y = 8;

System.out.println (x.equals (y));

Answer 2

Thank you very much! Sorry didn't realize that they wrote "Integer" instead of int...
And thanks for the explanation!
Now it works!

Answer 3

But according to tutorialspoint it is as well made for int, double,...
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/number_equals.htm