Post 3: String Q and A:What are different ways to create String Object?

What are different ways to create String Object?

Strings can be created in many ways.

• Direct method
• Using String class constructors
• Using toString() method defined in java.lang.Object

These are explained in detail in the following sections.

Direct Method

Strings are objects in Java so Just like creating other objects, you can create an instance of a String with the new keyword, like this,

String s = new String("hello");

The above statement creates a new String object with the value “hello” and makes str refer to it.

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We can create String object using new operator like any normal java class or we can use double quotes to create a String object. There are several constructors available in String class to get String from char array, byte array, StringBuffer and StringBuilder.

String str = new String("abc"); String str1 = "abc";

When we create a String using double quotes, JVM looks in the String pool to find if any other String is stored with same value. If found, it just returns the reference to that String object else it creates a new String object with given value and stores it in the String pool.

When we use new operator, JVM creates the String object but don’t store it into the String Pool. We can use intern() method to store the String object into String pool or return the reference if there is already a String with equal value present in the pool.