import org.bson.types.ObjectId; public class ObjectIDTest { public static void main(String[] args) { String testString = "ffe764b2a43d0fd1416f86ed4a81b7407a508093"; ObjectId oid = null; if (ObjectId.isValid(testString)) { oid = new ObjectId(testString); } if (oid != null) { System.out.println(oid.toString() + (oid.toString().equals(testString) ? " == " : " != " ) + testString ); } else { System.err.println("oid was null"); } } }