Comparing floating point values in Java

Hello,
I'm aware of problems (rounding, NaN etc) when comparing floating point values in computers.
In C++ this goes a bit further as you cannot compare with certitude floating point numbers even if you have made exactly the same operations on each of them (see eg: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/newbie.html#faq-29.18 )

My question: In Java, will unchanged values compare strictly true if equal?
Is it _guaranteed_ that the following code does output "true" on all JVMs?

Thanks for answers. Phil

example code:
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
float a = 1;
float b = 1;
System.out.println("a == b?: " + (a == b));
}
}
.

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