Possibilities:
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Use
String.equals()
:if (some_string.equals("john") || some_string.equals("mary") || some_string.equals("peter")) { }
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Use a regular expression:
if (some_string.matches("john|mary|peter")) { }
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Store a list of strings to be matched against in a Collection and search the collection:
Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>(); names.add("john"); names.add("mary"); names.add("peter"); if (names.contains(some_string)) { }