CreatingStrings

/*
    this files helps you understand string and shows different ways of creating string 
    String in java is simply an object that refers to the array pf characters
    
*/
package strings;

/**
 *
 * @author Ahsan Qadeer
 */
public class CreatingString {

    // ch and ahsan are same
    char ch[]={'a','h','s','a','n'};
    String name="ahsan";// this is called string literal
    //
    String name2="ahsan";//this does'nt create a new literal
    // name and name2 are refering to same array of characters in the stringConstantPool within memory
    
    String name3="ahsanqadeer";//new literal refering to a new string in string contant pool which resides in heap memory
    
    //other ways of creating strings
    String s=new String("ahsan");
    // JVM will create a new string object in normal (non-pool) heap memory, and the literal "ahsan" will be placed in the string constant pool. 
    
    String s2=new String("ahsan");
    // s1 and s2 don't have same reference;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
        CreatingString ct=new CreatingString();
        System.out.println(ct.name2==ct.name);
    }
    
}