I need help getting this line to work it throws an error. I need the selected item to be yes, and the the jtextpane to be filled in. If the jcombobox, and the jtextpane are filled in the joptionpane still executes instead of proceeding to the else statement.

} else if (jcombox1.getSelectedItem() == "Yes" || jtextpane1.getText().isEmpty()){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "fill in jtextpane1 to proceed");