According to String#intern(), intern method is supposed to return the String from the String pool if the String is found in String pool, otherwise a new string object will be added in String pool and the reference of this String is returned. So i tried this: String s1 = “Rakesh”; String s2 = “Rakesh”; String … Read more
What is String Interning in Java, when I should use it, and why? 8 Answers 8
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#intern() Basically doing String.intern() on a series of strings will ensure that all strings having same contents share same memory. So if you have list of names where ‘john’ appears 1000 times, by interning you ensure only one ‘john’ is actually allocated memory. This can be useful to reduce memory requirements of your program. But … Read more
