Re: StringBuilder
On 9/18/2011 9:32 AM, Jan Burse wrote:
Eric Sosman schrieb:
I don't have old Java source, but I do have an old O'Reilly
book ("Java In a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, Covers Java 1.1, by David
Flanagan") that states
The StringBuffer.toString() method does not copy the internal
array of characters; instead it shares that array with the
new String object, and makes a new copy for itself only when
further modifications are made to the StringBuffer object.
Assuming the author was correct, it follows that the implementation
changed at some later point. Presumably, that change was driven by
evidence that the "optimization" wasn't worth while.
I guess first of all probably a reengineering was done, and
StringBuffer was split into AbstractStringBuilder and StringBuffer.
And then StringBuilder was created. The class diagramm is basically:
AbstractStringBuilder
/ \
StringBuffer StringBuilder
I do not know whether buffer-sharing was dropped before, after,
or with the introduction of StringBuilder.
Most of the StringBuffer methods are synchronized and then delegate
to the abstract super class. In StringBuilder the methods are
non-synchronized and then also delegate to the abstract super class.
Some methods delegate, some do not. StringBuilder.toString()
in particular does not delegate to the superclass.
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