mbien commented on PR #7631:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/7631#issuecomment-2267064360

   I believe it is safe to say (given the name) that the purpose of the class 
is delayed evaluation of the full char sequence. My hypothesis is that `charAt` 
was only implemented since it was required by the interface, `toString` has 
been overlooked though - since `Object` has a default impl - so this would be 
plausible.
   
   I could be wrong but my guess is that `charAt` is a red hering - the main 
purpose of this is lazy init.
   
   regarding performance, 
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/03aa32d15aba53f980e095b1a8efa6700c515331/java/java.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/java/JavaCompletionItem.java#L1899
 the value is cached, so `toString` should only be called once per item - i am 
pretty sure I checked this by setting a breakpoint.


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