>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Scott> Also, every time you reference a String literal, an object is created.
Scott> Using the static constant avoids this. Just good practice.
Scott> Saving the creation of a couple of objects is moot, but on large
Scott> projects on stressed servers, every little bit counts.
Actually, all occurrences of the same unique string constant reference the same
interned String object, whether it's referenced from a constant definition, or
the raw string itself (you can verify this by comparing two identical strings
with "=="). Nevertheless, referencing string constants is still better than
referencing the raw string.
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