On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:40 PM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > Right. The main difference is that StringBuffer is threadsafe, and > nothing else in Android is threadsafe, so little point in using > StringBuffer.
Well, there are few places, where Java (Android) are thread safe (Vector, Stack, few classes in javax.nio.* and quite few classes in java.util.concurrent.*) If String modification is happening by multiple actors (user generated events, network) then it makes sense using StringBuffer. > (That said, the performance edge of StringBuilder over StringBuffer is > unlikely to be noticed.) True -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
