Re: Object copies?

Date	2011-07-31 16:26 -0700
From	Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Object copies?
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On 7/31/2011 3:59 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> I need a copy of a String that contains the same data as the original. I
> need to keep the reference to the original String. The copy's reference
> I'm going to use to get a modified String by applying methods of the
> String class. If I just create a new String with the String(String str)
> constructor, FindBugs complains. Is there another way to get a copy?
>
> Thanks,
>

FindBugs is probably complaining because you probably do not need to
copy. Remember that none of the String methods modifies the String on
which it is called.

Patricia

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Object copies? Knute Johnson <september@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-07-31 15:59 -0700
  Re: Object copies? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-31 16:26 -0700
    Re: Object copies? Knute Johnson <september@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-07-31 16:38 -0700
      Re: Object copies? markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-31 16:47 -0700
        Re: Object copies? Knute Johnson <september@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-07-31 17:14 -0700
  Re: Object copies? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-08-01 08:45 -0700

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