String、StringBuffer和StringBuilder的性能对比

public class MyTest {
	private static final String base = " base string. ";
	private static final int count = 20000;

	public static void stringTest() {
		long begin, end;
		begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
		String test = new String(base);
		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			test = test + " add ";
		}
		end = System.currentTimeMillis();
		System.out.println((end - begin)
				+ " millis has elapsed when used String. ");
	}

	public static void stringBufferTest() {
		long begin, end;
		begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
		StringBuffer test = new StringBuffer(base);
		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			test = test.append(" add ");
		}
		end = System.currentTimeMillis();
		System.out.println((end - begin)
				+ " millis has elapsed when used StringBuffer. ");
	}

	public static void stringBuilderTest() {
		long begin, end;
		begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
		StringBuilder test = new StringBuilder(base);
		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			test = test.append(" add ");
		}
		end = System.currentTimeMillis();
		System.out.println((end - begin)
				+ " millis has elapsed when used StringBuilder. ");
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		stringTest();
		stringBufferTest();
		stringBuilderTest();
	}
}

运行结果如下：

1314 millis has elapsed when used String. 
2 millis has elapsed when used StringBuffer. 
1 millis has elapsed when used StringBuilder. 

StringBuffer加入了线程安全机制，所以会耗费一些资源，而StringBuilder里面没有线程安全机制，如果我们的程序是在单线程下运行，或者是不必考虑到线程同步问题，我们应该优先使用StringBuilder类；当然，如果要保证线程安全，自然非StringBuffer莫属了。