How many string objects will be created by JVM version 1.6

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Recently I read a java article and found the following statement "improved the String pooling technology in java 6 onward". One of the example that they have mentioned as follows

String one = "one";
String two = new String("one");

Number of objects created by above example is = 1

Here I am little confused, even though we are using the new keyword how come it will not create a new object and uses the object created in the string pool.

Please clarify me.

This creates one object, just the `new String` – Peter Lawrey May 10 '12 at 15:04 — Peter Lawrey, May 10 '12 at 15:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '12 at 14:59

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I think doing one == two should help determining how many objects got created.

answered May 10 '12 at 14:59

Mehul Lalan

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you are correct, it is actually creating two objects. `one == two` returned `false`. – Anil Kumar C May 10 '12 at 15:03

How many string objects will be created by JVM version 1.6

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