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Re: StringBuilder

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From	Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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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.

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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