Java tutorial
// : appendixa:ImmutableStrings.java // Demonstrating StringBuffer. // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. public class ImmutableStrings { public static void main(String[] args) { String foo = "foo"; String s = "abc" + foo + "def" + Integer.toString(47); System.out.println(s); // The "equivalent" using StringBuffer: StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("abc"); // Creates String! sb.append(foo); sb.append("def"); // Creates String! sb.append(Integer.toString(47)); System.out.println(sb); } } ///:~