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String is immutable and stored in the constant string pool, making it thread-safe. StringBuffer and StringBuilder are mutable and stored in heap, allowing value modification, and StringBuffer is thread-safe while StringBuilder is faster because it is not thread-safe. Both StringBuffer and StringBuilder allow changing their values using methods like setCharAt() and replace(), and can be converted to strings using toString().

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String, StringBuffer, StringBuilder PDF

String is immutable and stored in the constant string pool, making it thread-safe. StringBuffer and StringBuilder are mutable and stored in heap, allowing value modification, and StringBuffer is thread-safe while StringBuilder is faster because it is not thread-safe. Both StringBuffer and StringBuilder allow changing their values using methods like setCharAt() and replace(), and can be converted to strings using toString().

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Difference Between String , StringBuilder And StringBuffer Classes

String

String is immutable ( once created can not be changed )object . The object created as a
String is stored in the Constant String Pool.
Every immutable object in Java is thread safe ,that implies String is also thread safe . String
can not be used by two threads simultaneously.
String once assigned can not be changed.

StringBuffer

StringBuffer is mutable means one can change the value of the object . The object created
through StringBuffer is stored in the heap. StringBuffer has the same methods as the
StringBuilder , but each method in StringBuffer is synchronized that is StringBuffer is thread
safe .

Due to this it does not allow two threads to simultaneously access the same method . Each
method can be accessed by one thread at a time .

But being thread safe has disadvantages too as the performance of the StringBuffer hits due
to thread safe property . Thus StringBuilder is faster than the StringBuffer when calling the
same methods of each class.
String Buffer can be converted to the string by using
toString() method.

StringBuffer demo1 = new StringBuffer("Hello") ;


// The above object stored in heap and its value can be changed .
demo1=new StringBuffer("Bye");
// Above statement is right as it modifies the value which is allowed in the StringBuffer

StringBuilder

StringBuilder is same as the StringBuffer , that is it stores the object in heap and it can also
be modified . The main difference between the StringBuffer and StringBuilder is
that StringBuilder is also not thread safe.
StringBuilder is fast as it is not thread safe .

StringBuilder demo2= new StringBuilder("Hello");


// The above object too is stored in the heap and its value can be modified
demo2=new StringBuilder("Bye");
// Above statement is right as it modifies the value which is allowed in the StringBuilder

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