Course: Java Programming,Prepared By: Atul Kabra, 9422279260

Java Lecture- 16
Topic: StringBuffer Class

 Java provides the String and StringBuffer classes to handle String.

 The String class is used to manipulate character strings that cannot be

changed. The string which cannot be changed is called as immutable string.

 The StringBuffer class is used to represent character String that can be

changed after it is created. The string which can be changed is called as
mutable string.

 StringBuffer represents growable and writable character sequence.

 The significant performance difference between these two classes is

that StringBuffer is faster than String when performing simple
concatenations.

Constructors of StringBuffer class

StringBuffer defines 4 constructors.

1. StringBuffer(): It creates an empty string buffer and reserves space for 16

characters.

2. StringBuffer(int size): It creates an empty string and takes an integer

argument to set capacity of the buffer.

3. StringBuffer(String str): It creates a stringbuffer object from the specified

string.

4. StringBuffer(char []ch): It creates a stringbuffer object from the

charsequence array.

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Methods of StringBuffer class:

1. append()
This method will concatenate the string representation of any type of data
to the end of the StringBuffer object. append() method has several
overloaded forms.
Syntax: StringBuffer append(T value)
Here T can be any type like String, int , float, char etc.
Example: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“HelloWorld”);
sb.append(“Java”);
System.out.println(sb);
Ouput: HelloWorldJava

2. insert()
This method inserts one string into another.
Syntax: StringBuffer insert(int index, T value)
Here the first parameter gives the index at which position the
string will be inserted and T representation of second
parameter is inserted into StringBuffer object.
Here T can be any type like String, int , float, char etc.
Example: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“HelloWorld”);
sb.insert(5, “Java”);
System.out.println(sb);
Ouput: HelloJavaWorld

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3. delete ()
This method removes the characters from the string.
Syntax: StringBuffer delete (int start, int end)
This method is used to delete the string from specified
startIndex and endIndex. Here endindex is exclusive.
Example: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“HelloJavaWorld”);
sb.delete(5,9);
System.out.println(sb);
Ouput: HelloWorld

4. deleteCharAt()
This method removes the character at the specified index character from
the string.
Syntax: StringBuffer deleteCharAt (int index)
Example: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“HelloWorld”);
sb.deleteCharAt(4);
System.out.println(sb);
Ouput: HellWorld

5. replace ()
This method replaces the specified string from specified start index to the
end index.
Syntax: StringBuffer replace (int start, int end, String newString)
Example: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“HelloJavaWorld”);
sb.replace(5,9,”InfoPlanet”);
System.out.println(sb);
Ouput: HellInfoPlanetWorld

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6. reverse()
This method reverses the characters within a StringBuffer object.
Syntax: StringBuffer reverse ()
Example: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(“HelloWorld”);
sb.reverse();
System.out.println(sb);
Ouput: dlroWolleH

Note: Refer Java API documentation for more methods.

Difference between String and StringBuffer.

Sr. String StringBuffer

No.
1 Characters of String cannot be Characters of StringBuffer can be
changed. changed.
2 String is immutable. StringBuffer is mutable.
3 Processing of String is slow. Processing of StringBuffer is fast.
4 At the time of String concatenation, At the time of String
String consumes more memory concatenation, StringBuffer
space. consumes less memory space.

Course: Java Programming Prepared By: Atul Kabra, 9422279260