Hmm... Reading that after I sent it, I think I secretly have a thing for the word, "unique" :)
Scott On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 14:45, Scott Barr wrote: > Hi David > > Is that all unique occurences of each unique String within the JVM? If > so, there is still creation, and garbage disposal once the String goes > out of scope, yes? > > Scott Barr > www.exergonic.com.au > > > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 14:39, David M. Karr wrote: > > > >>>>> "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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
