"Strings"

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

Are all "String" literals associated with a String object reference?
Thanks,
Khalid

[Ajith Kallambella]

Khalid,
I am not sure if I read your question right.
Anonymous strings can exist without any references. For example, consider the statement
System.out.println("Hello"+"World");
Here, two strings are created internally in the string pool, but they will have no way to refer to them again after the statement.
Is this what you were asking? If not, please ask clearly.
Ajith

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

In Marcus Green's applet exam he has a question:
---Number:47---
Which of the following is[sic] will sucessfully[sic] create an instance of the Vector class and add an element;[sic]
1) Vector v = new Vector(99);
v[1]=99;
2) Vector v= new Vector();
v.addElement(99);
3) Vector v=new Vector();
v.add(99);
4) Vector v = new Vector(100);
v.addElement("99");
The answer given is 4
The addElement function takes Object as a parameter. So I'm assuming that all string literals "" are automatically 4(implicitly)paired with a String reference object. Otherwise shouldn't two and three be valid answers as well?
Thanks again,
Khalid
[This message has been edited by Khalid Bou-Rabee (edited July 17, 2000).]

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

Sorry for the lack of clarity in my previous post. I'm taciturn at times
Khalid

[Ankur Gupta]

2 and 3 can't be right answers because :
To a vector u can only add Objects - in "2" an int is being added which is not allowed.
There is no add(int i) method for Vector class. You can add only using addElement() - in "3" the method being used is "add(int i)" you could use add(int i, Object o) or add(Object o).
Ankur
[This message has been edited by Ankur (edited July 17, 2000).]

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

Khalid {{ so why is 4 correct? }}

recall:
---Java 2 Platform Specs:Vector Class---
<pre>
addElement
public void addElement(Object obj)
Adds the specified component to the end of this vector, increasing its size by
one. The capacity of this vector is increased if its size becomes greater than its
capacity.
This method is identical in functionality to the add(Object) method (which is
part of the List interface).
Parameters:
obj - the component to be added.
See Also:
add(Object), List
</pre>
[This message has been edited by Khalid Bou-Rabee (edited July 17, 2000).]

[Ankur Gupta]

Khalid,
"4" is correct because "99" becomes a String and thereby an Object !!
Ankur

[Khalid Bou-Rabee]

AHA! Thank you
I can see again, it's a miracle!
-Khalid