string immutable?

[jacob deiter]

I read a article in that String class are immutable.
String a=�a�;
String h=�h�;

String class is immutable, that means that one an instance of String class is created, the string it contais cannot be changed, only reference will change to point to a
different string.

If two references point to same instance then If I change the values of in one, does not affect other reference?

[Duc Vo]

I read a article in that String class are immutable.
.....
If two references point to same instance then If I change the values of in one, does not affect other reference?

They are immutable, how do you change the value in one instance?

[jacob deiter]

then what is use of

String a=�a�;
String h=�h�;

than

String a=new String("a");
String h=new String("h");

[David O'Meara]

We don't use the second one.

[jacob deiter]

why could you please in detail.I read a book ,this is not given clearly.
Can you assist in this >?

[Jesper de Jong]

String objects are immutable. What that means is that you cannot change the contents of a String object. You can have to variables referencing the same String object, but since the String object itself cannot be changed, you can't get strange effects.

Because String objects are immutable, the Java compiler can safely implement an optimization trick. If you write a program in which you use the same literal string more than once, for example like this:

String one = "Hello";
String two = "Hello";

Then the Java compiler is smart enough to create only one String object with the content "Hello", and make the variables 'one' and 'two' refer to that single String object. This is good, because it saves memory.

If you do this:

String one = new String("Hello");
String two = new String("Hello");

Then you are explicitly creating two String objects with the same content "Hello". This is less memory-efficient.

There's no use ever to using new String("...") in a Java program, so you should never write code that does that.
[ November 21, 2008: Message edited by: Jesper Young ]