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string pool

The shared store that lets equal string literals be one object.

The JVM's table of interned strings; identical literals and compile-time constant expressions refer to one pooled object, which is why == sometimes appears to work for strings.

Examples

  • "yes" == "yes" is true for two literals, but text read from input is a new object, so compare with equals.

See also

immutable
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