How to find a COM port via CommPortIdentifier

Question

I am new with the whole modbus and serial communication concept so even if this is a really noob question please bear with me!

Ok so I am trying to read values stored on a register, using modbus protocol and RS 232 port. I have written this code, but it is not finding serial port "COM 4". What am I doing wrong?

String wantedPortName = "COM 4" ;

Enumeration portIdentifiers = CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifiers();

CommPortIdentifier portId = null;  
while (portIdentifiers.hasMoreElements()) {
    CommPortIdentifier pid = (CommPortIdentifier) portIdentifiers.nextElement();
    if (pid.getPortType() == CommPortIdentifier.PORT_SERIAL
            && pid.getName().equals(wantedPortName)) {
        portId = pid;
        break;
    }
}
if (portId == null) {
    System.err.println("Could not find serial port " + wantedPortName);
    System.exit(1);
}

Answer 1

In this case, "equals()" will only return true if the references are the same. Since you are testing two different string objects, it will always fail. You must use "compareTo()" instead:

if (pid.getPortType() == CommPortIdentifier.PORT_SERIAL
        && (pid.getName().compareTO(wantedPortName)==0) ) {
    portId = pid;
    break;
}