还是实验报告册上面的一个问题,正好也就做个整理
下面有两个对比程序:
class StringTest{
public static void main(String[] args){
String s = “hello”;
change(s);
System.out.println(s);
}
public static void change(String s){
s = s+“ Java”;
}
}
运行结果:hello
class StringBufferTest{
public static void main(String[] args){
StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(“hello”);
change(s);
System.out.println(s);
}
public static void change(StringBuffer s){
s.append(“ Java”);
}
}
运行结果:hello java
这两个程序都很简单,实现的效果也很简单,就是让两个字符串链接之后输出。但是,我们不难发现,第一个程序并没有达到我们想要的效果,而第二个使用了StringBuffer的程序却成功实现了,显而易见,是因为String与StringBuffer之间的区别。
查阅了API文档以及String类的源代码,我们也不难发现:
public final class String
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence
The String class represents character strings. All string literals in Java programs, such as "abc", are implemented as instances of this class.
Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they are created. String buffers support mutable strings. Because String objects are immutable they can be shared.
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence
The String class represents character strings. All string literals in Java programs, such as "abc", are implemented as instances of this class.
Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they are created. String buffers support mutable strings. Because String objects are immutable they can be shared.
public final class String
implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence {
/** The value is used for character storage. */
private final char value[];
而对于stringbuffer来说
public final class StringBuffer
extends AbstractStringBuilder
implements java.io.Serializable, CharSequence
继承自abstractstringbuilder类,我们查阅了其源代码,如下:
abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
/**
* The value is used for character storage.
*/
char[] value;
其实际上也是使用字符数组保存字符串,但没有final修饰符,所以是可更改的。
其他的差别,我们以后再详细的进行研究。