What part of code in class String is responsible to create object when string literal are used?

Asked Oct 20 '17 at 15:45

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I was wondering about how strings are instantiated. For instance:

String strObject = new String("Java");//String constructor gets called which creates object

Using String literal also creates object.

String strLiteral = "Java";// What is responsible to create the object?

Just need to know how it actually creates object, gone through String Class source code, nothing found.

edited Oct 20 '17 at 16:10

Duloren

asked Oct 20 '17 at 15:45

Javed Solkar

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It is related to `intern()` method. But it is compilers job to generate code which will invoke it. – Pshemo Oct 20 '17 at 15:47
@Pshemo so does intern creates an object, how does it get called. – Javed Solkar Oct 20 '17 at 15:49
@OHGODSPIDERS i don't need to know the difference, i only need to who creates the object(If i'm not wrong) when we use literal. – Javed Solkar Oct 20 '17 at 15:51
https://stackoverflow.com/a/17652082/4406227 more convincible. – Javed Solkar Oct 20 '17 at 15:59
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The answer resides not in the source of String class but in the source of javac compiler. The compiler decides which code to generate when a literal string occurs. – Duloren Oct 20 '17 at 16:04

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