why String is designed Class/Object in Java, which uses more resources

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Well, String is an often used type, working as an Object consumes more resource, why Sun designed it as an Object but not a simple variable like int

if someone says String can contain very long sentence, why it was not designed to be like int and Integer

See [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3655984/why-is-string-a-reference-type) — Iswanto San, Jan 03 '14 at 06:09
`To retain primitive types in an object-oriented language` : http://stackoverflow.com/a/17489410/1927832 — Suresh Atta, Jan 03 '14 at 06:11

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '14 at 06:09

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There are some advantage of being an Object instead of primitives

answered Jan 03 '14 at 06:09

stinepike

Arnt Java Strings immutable by definition as you cannot change them? – Josh Engelsma Jan 03 '14 at 06:11
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it's not immutable by itself. it was made immutable .. and it was possible as it was a class – stinepike Jan 03 '14 at 06:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '14 at 06:15

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If you want to be more efficient with storing text in memory you can keep it in a byte array.

answered Jan 03 '14 at 06:15

Evgeniy Dorofeev

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