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M.Ponmalar@gmail.com - 17 Jul 2007 07:24 GMT

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the two assignments
String ref = "HAI";
String obj = new String("HAI");

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Roedy Green - 17 Jul 2007 08:04 GMT

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:24:43 -0000, "M.Ponmalar@gmail.com"
<M.Ponmalar@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the two assignments
>String ref = "HAI";
>String obj = new String("HAI");

The second creates a duplicate object, needlessly. The first just
assigns a reference to an existing interned string literal object

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